Example sentences of "turn [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were told that there would be a General 's inspection and the searchlight had to be turned on at a specified time , but when the great moment came we could not start the engine that drove the dynamo and darkness still prevailed . |
| 2 | All contain the same genes , although different genes will be turned on in the different specialist cells . |
| 3 | Men who were turned on by a pretty face were turned off by an absolute show of disdain — and if double meanings were n't her strength , turning a cold shoulder was . |
| 4 | Small clients handled roughly from what sounded like a hectic dealing room got turned on by the apparent professionalism of it all , and often allowed themselves to be persuaded into buying almost worthless over the counter ( OTC ) shares . |
| 5 | ‘ To be honest , no really well-founded scheme has ever been turned down on a financial basis . |
| 6 | well either two or four times er turned down on a long handle for pouring things er out of the , I mean like , when I used |
| 7 | MOTORIST Steve Hopwood was turned down for a disabled parking pass — even though he has only one arm and one leg . |
| 8 | Powerful amplifiers can be turned down for a small hall , but a weak amplifier has no potential for increased volume before it starts distorting the sound . |
| 9 | ‘ Or maybe I 'm a fruitarian bat , ’ said Marina , laughing , ‘ the one that got turned down for every Drac film because she would n't suck blood . |
| 10 | Subsequently , the collars were fully turned down to the conventional collar of today , while the cravats were transformed into bow-ties . |
| 11 | PLANS to convert a house in Palace Avenue , Rhyl , into separate flats have been turned down by a Welsh Office inspector . |
| 12 | Indeed a mill design developed during the 1950s was turned down by a local planning enquiry : one of the aims of the CEGB 's current wind programme is to gain some feedback on public attitudes to modern designs . |
| 13 | The offer was turned down by the then philistine government ( history repeats itself ? ) and the collection returned to Tabley House . |
| 14 | The £1,800 earmarked for extensions and alterations to the Civic Centre had not in fact been turned down by the Liberal administration but had merely been cynically deferred until after the byelection ! |
| 15 | A proposal by the unit to investigate engineering research has recently been turned down by the Social Science Research Council . |
| 16 | Thirdly , as regards the Science Policy Research Unit 's proposal to assess engineering research , no member of the unit has claimed that the project was turned down by the Social Science Research Council because of ‘ lobbying by outsiders ’ . |
| 17 | However , when Bernard applied for planning permission to build a factory on the site he was turned down by the local highways department . |
| 18 | He said Mr McGuigan had applied for a weapon and been turned down by the Royal Ulster Constabulary . |
| 19 | Similar proposals from the company for Hillington were turned down by the Scottish Secretary last March , after a public inquiry , on the grounds that the site is zoned for strategic industrial use . |
| 20 | Nottinghamshire originally sought a prohibited steps order to keep the perpetrator away from the family home , but was turned down by the High Court which said it had no option other than to make a residence order . |
| 21 | Work already done on ANDF has been turned over to the European Commission 's Open Microprocessor Initiative — a £40m effort to develop next-generation microprocessor and software technology ( UX Nos 381 , 315 ) . |
| 22 | The dismissals were announced the day after Girija Prasad Koirala , the general secretary of the Nepali Congress Party , had delivered a message to the King warning him that unless substantial powers were quickly turned over to the new government , crowds would be called back on to the streets of Kathmandu . |
| 23 | I replied that as far as I was concerned his terms and conditions of employment were best used as a rectal implant preferably without benefit of anaesthetic , which roused him to suggest that perhaps the whole matter would best be served by being turned over to the florid authority of Her Majesty 's Judiciary , via PC Plod , or at the very least to some banal tribunal vested with the right to dilly-dally over contretemps between master and servant . |
| 24 | Then the mill acted as something of a milling centre , grinding corn and animal feed for surrounding parishes that lacked milling capabilities or , like Eastington , whose mills had long been turned over to the woollen trade . |
| 25 | After a print run of , say 100 A4 sheets , the printed sheets are then turned over on the long axis , and the same print is made on the reverse . |
| 26 | The paper is clipped together by firm bulldog clips at the top edge of the required piece of hardboard , so allowing the charts to be turned over in an upwards direction . |
| 27 | Men who were turned on by a pretty face were turned off by an absolute show of disdain — and if double meanings were n't her strength , turning a cold shoulder was . |
| 28 | Many of these buyers are turned off by the sleek lines and road-sensitive ride of classy European marques such as BMW and Mercedes-Benz . |
| 29 | A FURIOUS housewife took three workmen hostage after being told her heating must be turned off until the New Year . |
| 30 | But for his new single , ‘ Brothers Gon na Work It Out ’ , the man who gave new meaning to the term ‘ bedroom producer ’ has turned up with a contagious call for unity . |