Example sentences of "turn [adv prt] at [art] [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | But what commits the muscle to this final pathway and what ensures that all the necessary genes are turned on at the same time ? |
| 3 | Chris , Marius and the Swiss who had come from Lille were here ; Alex had been turned down at the last moment on a medical detail . |
| 4 | In terms of progressing or taking part in the discussion , can I suggest that if you want to come in on a particular item , you put your name board up like that , so that we can readily observe it er and equally , our friend who is looking after the microphones can make sure that the vol the volume of your microphone is turned up at the appropriate time . |
| 5 | ‘ A couple of years ago the kids who had been on the trip from Bawnmore just turned up at the self-help group premises and wanted to see the friends they had made on the holiday again , ’ Adree said . |
| 6 | For their tickets , and I said at the area council if they had turned up like they turned up to pay them thirty pound and eight pound , if they 'd turned up at the same time with a petition form what a difference it would |
| 7 | Macedonian vehicles were being turned back at the Greek border and hundreds of thousands of demonstrators in Salonika ( Greek Macedonia ) protested on Feb. 14 at the republic 's use of the name Macedonia . |
| 8 | It is our intention to keep goods turning over at a livelier pace and it would therefore be appreciated if you would return any goods which you are unable to sell . |
| 9 | A large enzyme pool turning over at the same rate as a small one would produce more new enzyme , which would result in a greater amount of enzyme being available for secretion . |
| 10 | When he turned off at a small junction taking a no-through road , she stopped and watched him out of sight . |
| 11 | The paper had been relaunched by Maurice Kinn , a successful London agent and promoter who , by turning up at an agreed location on the stroke of noon with £1,000 pounds of borrowed cash in hand , acquired the title and promptly added the New . |
| 12 | On 29 September 1955 , with just a few days of filming to go , Dean turned up at a gay party at Malibu which culminated in a bitchy foray between Dean and a former male lover who accused him of dating women purely for publicity . |
| 13 | ONLY four people turned up at a public meeting in Machynlleth to finalise arrangements for the town 's summer play scheme for local schoolchildren . |
| 14 | Everyone turned up at the 42nd Street Theatre that night to see Noreen make her New York debut . |
| 15 | That afternoon two more carcasses turned up at the northern end of Butterwick Low , and another two were reported from the Norfolk coast , close to Cromer . |
| 16 | Later the same day Douglas , Duke of Hamilton — frustrated past belief turned up at the Foreign Office in London and informed them that he was seeking an urgent audience with the King . |
| 17 | Victorine was confused by the tale Baptiste had told her just now when he and his mother turned up at the back door with Léonie 's sandal and an armful of bread . |
| 18 | The conference theme ‘ A Better Mousetrap ’ , ties in with the centenary of crime novelist Agatha Christie , who turned up at The Old Swan after her own mysterious disappearance , and the titles of some of the papers will reflect the investigation , detection and arrest of some villains that threaten our property , our health or our lives . |
| 19 | About 30 journalists turned up at the Thai border village of Pong Nam Ron , about 200 miles east of Bangkok , yesterday morning , but were told by the local Thai military commander that he knew of no Vietnamese prisoners . |
| 20 | Thousands of people turned out at the Royal Showground today to protest against a private members bill which aims to abolish blood sports . |
| 21 | And Gordon 's use of the melodramatic ( a vital dose of vanishingly scarce penicillin to treat a key character turns up at a crucial time ) is disappointing alongside the excellence of his writing elsewhere . |
| 22 | Fiona , whose businessman husband Rod Potts lives in Cumbria , plans to turn in at the same time as her baby daughter Natasha . |
| 23 | Smaller animals tend to have higher metabolic rates , just as the engines of small cars tend to turn over at a higher rate than those of larger cars . |
| 24 | The world 's most famous footballer declined to turn up at the Argentine team camp until late on Tuesday night , 48 hours later than most of his team-mates . |
| 25 | The world 's most famous footballer declined to turn up at the Argentine team camp until late on Tuesday night , 48 hours later than most of his team-mates . |
| 26 | Old-fashioned MPs , unlike the new generation who happily turn up at the annual conference , went out of their way to dream up family illnesses , unavoidable business meetings or urgent missions to Kurdistan to avoid these gatherings . |
| 27 | If somebody if they turn up at the normal time , I assume when though there 's you know we could leave a not a not a notice and they could just go out . |
| 28 | ‘ I turn round at a leaning gate post where the gate is permanently open , if somewhat askew . |
| 29 | The Jot 1.0 specification is designed to enable applications to share handwritten notes , sketches , signatures and other free-form data across the generality of computers from hand-held devices to mainframes , so that if someone scrawls a note and sends it over a modem , it will turn up at the other end as handwriting , regardless of the sending and receiving machines , provided only that they both implement Jot 1.0 . |
| 30 | OVER THE past 20 years the West Indian pace attack has systematically demolished every batting line-up that dared turn up at the same ground . |