Example sentences of "[vb mod] turn [adv prt] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | We shall regard as non-idiomatic ( or semantically transparent ) any expression which is divisible into semantic constituents , even if one or more of these should turn out on further analysis to be idioms . |
| 2 | They might turn up on time and do all the right things , or they might not . |
| 3 | Is not one of the problems of Russia in its current economic difficulties that the country might turn in on itself and revert to its usual historic xenophobic tendencies ? |
| 4 | The slow version has the most depth , and maybe it 'll turn up on a 12-inch some day , but I really opted for the fast one , because it seemed a really nice way to start the album . ’ |
| 5 | The slow version has the most depth , and maybe it 'll turn up on a 12-inch some day , but I really opted for the fast one , because it seemed a really nice way to start the album . ’ |
| 6 | Do you think she 'll turn up on Monday ? |
| 7 | A day or two before she was due to move she ran into a man she had known as a rather mysterious friend of Simon 's who used to turn up on leave now and again during the war . |
| 8 | Although he still hoped that one day his dad would turn up on the doorstep , Steven was aware of the reality of the separation . |
| 9 | Third , it would foster a rational spirit and criticism which would turn in on itself and which is highlighted by a class of intellectuals who , according to Schumpeter , have ‘ a vested interest in social unrest ’ . |
| 10 | Paulos is admirable on the nature of coincidence — the inevitability of improbable events — on the logic of gambling in its various forms from coin-tossing to the Stock Exchange ; the Gambler 's Fallacy ( the belief that when a coin has landed heads several times over , there is an increased probability that tails will turn up on the next throw ) ; Pascal 's wager ; Condorcet 's paradox ; the prisoner 's dilemma . |
| 11 | Charles will turn up on his own on December 13 to watch a host of top stars take part in a ‘ An evening with Dylan Thomas ’ in aid of the Prince 's Trust . |
| 12 | May I just say that the majority of people will care for their animals but it is those people who buy , we have s er cases where erm people will turn up on Christmas day and say to their elderly relative , We bought you a puppy . |
| 13 | That is being done , so many people may turn up on our doorsteps not with their tanks but with their suitcases . |
| 14 | You can turn up on the night if you want |
| 15 | An isolationist king means that the land of Ulthuan can turn in on itself for a thousand years or more . |