Example sentences of "turn [pron] [noun sg] on the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And what makes his analysis so attractive is the fact that he has resolutely turned his back on the temptations to reduce what he has seen to some supposedly more fundamental principle of animal behaviour . |
| 2 | Outside I turned my back on the stairs and walked on down the passage . |
| 3 | When the order came she reached down to help an older woman to her feet and passed her the well-wrapped bundle , then she turned her back on the men and was swallowed by the mass of female prisoners . |
| 4 | Suddenly Holden turned his machine-gun on the onlookers and fired , scattering them in all directions and scaring them to death even though he was only firing blanks . |
| 5 | But Vi did n't move except to turn her back on the men with the picks and shovels . |
| 6 | We turn our spotlight on the winners whose designs will be MKM patterns for you to knit . |
| 7 | Wake up Ulster , wise up Ulster , turn your back on the years of folly , of remaining in the UK and join the struggle for independence . |
| 8 | ‘ Calvin , do n't turn your back on the guests . |
| 9 | If we really want to fight AIDS then let's turn our anger on the newspapers who spread lies and distortions ; on a government that refuses to put money into AIDS education and research and those drug companies that appear more interested in patents than cures . |