Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] turned [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A car dealer turned back the mileometer on a car and then put up a notice that the mileage " may not be correct " . |
| 2 | EDWINA CURRIE turned down the offer of a job in Mr Major 's Government yesterday , saying that someone else could do the job far better than she could . |
| 3 | Mr Manning turned down the job then he said Sure Style turned the hard-sell on him . |
| 4 | Murphy , who landed last Saturday 's H & T Walker Gold Cup on Deep Sensation , became the latest recruit for the Grand National winner when Graham McCourt turned down the ride . |
| 5 | WAYNE McCullough turned up the heat again last night for his third victory in just over a month . |
| 6 | Sedgefield District Council 's development committee turned down the application by the Redfern family because there would be an inadequate access and it would change the character of the village . |
| 7 | And he revealed that only a few weeks ago Magherafelt traders turned down the option of having security gates erected in the town during a meeting with police . |
| 8 | ‘ Somebody told me that they saw the Bad Seeds recently and the show was being recorded , and that Blixa had had his volume knob turned down the whole time ! |
| 9 | Having regained his edge Dunlop turned up the wick again , and went on to win by four seconds from Perugini with Gianluigi Scalvini third . |
| 10 | Having regained his edge Dunlop turned up the wick again , and went on to win by four seconds from Perugini with Gianluigi Scalvini third . |
| 11 | Sheriff Principal Ronald Ireland turned down the parents ' appeal that Thursday morning . |
| 12 | Only for the statement that Molla Fenari turned over the kadilik of Bursa to his son , Yusuf Bali , as naib , does Husameddin offer any source , this being a signature of Molla Husrev 's on a copy of a originally drawn up in late Jumada II 821/late May-early June 1418 attesting that " it " had been written by " Mawlana Sinan al-Din Yusuf Bali b. al-Mawla al-Fenari " . |
| 13 | Outside the hotel Maggie turned up the collar of her mac . |
| 14 | Last year councillors turned down the development . |