Example sentences of "turn on [art] [noun] [prep] [det] " in BNC.

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1 A number of cases have turned on the legality of such conditions .
2 She turned on the charm to all she met and grinned at cameramen , seeming to know instinctively when the best pictures were being taken .
3 Des , who used to be a goalkeeper on Stoke City 's books , turned on the style with some continental soccer skills to entertain the crowds before netting from the spot .
4 We have never had water simply by turning on a tap like most people .
5 This appeal turns on the meaning in that subsection of the word ‘ appropriates ’ and will involve the consideration , among other things , of conflicting statements in this House , which I shall come back to at a later stage .
6 And Mark Irwin — editor of weekly soccer magazine Shoot ! — said : ‘ It seems a strange decision , especially at a time when you can hardly turn on the telly without some soccer being screened .
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