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Example sentences of "[adv] turn [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1	Constantly turning up the pressure on suppliers to do even better makes doing business with carmakers tough ( see box ) .
2	She 's going around calling me a murderer and she 's invited this Cobalt in to turn over the place looking for drugs . ’
3	Gently turn up the heating , and ensure that they are wrapped up well in light blankets or warmer clothing , and take warm drinks .
4	The man slowly turned over the page of his magazine .
5	Doc Threadneedle slowly turned up the lights .
6	After a moment , when her head had settled , muddily , Tabitha slowly turned back the duvet .
7	And when Parliament eventually turned back the tide of opposition to Eyre and voted financial support to the former Governor , it was poetically appropriate that those who had been most vocal in their support for the Garotter 's Act — such as Mr Adderley and the rampant Colonel North — should be in the thick of it again , shouting their praise for Eyre 's loyalty to the Crown and his firm action that had saved a colony .
8	Rushdie has anyway turned down the offer , since , as he says ‘ it 's my job to produce the stuff , not to review it ’ .
9	’ We 're not turning over the phetam to the FedPol , ’ I told her .
10	He pulled on his trousers and went quickly over to turn up the music , moving his head from side to side in time to the beat .
11	The trick is not to turn up the sound .
12	Warner v. Browne the lessor engaged not to turn out the tenant so long as he observed the conditions , and in this case [ the company 's agent ] engages that the tenant shall hold until the company require to pull down the buildings .
13	Okay erm , if we just turn over the sheet look at distribution of er of the F statistic .
14	And I went , ha ha , just turn over the cassette !
15	I 'd happily part with my money just to hear the sensational Philadelphia/Ormandy Rachmaninov Vocalise ( ‘ Never mind the meal , just turn down the lights ! ’ ) .
16	Council leader Michael Carr said : ‘ We can not turn down the opportunity of extra resources for areas of particular need .
17	Hilda did not turn down the gas .
18	I admired Venables , his flamboyant style and attitude , but I could see the dangers in the temptations of life in London and I regretfully turned down the move .
19	SIR — What irony that the Iron Curtain of communo-socialism has collapsed throughout Eastern Europe , but we in Britain are on the verge of possibly turning back the clock 13 years to renew our disastrous affair with socialism .
20	Although they are a principled pair — they once turned down the Smarties Award on moral grounds — the Ahlbergs reject the notion of children 's author as moralist .
21	When the critical point was reached in mid-1941 , he acted quickly to turn down the heat .
22	Always turn off the water at the mains stopcock first ( or tie up the ballvalve ) and turn on all taps ( provided the sink and basin wastes are n't frozen up ! ) and then attempt to trace the position of the burst .
23	Electrics Always turn off the television , video and stereo when they are not in use .
24	Perhaps the easiest way around this is to make a note of which side you started and only ever turn off the machine when the carriage is on that side .
25	Mr Kenneth Baker probably wisely turned down the offer of becoming Secretary of State for Wales but it was a serious proposition .
26	‘ I suppose you also turned down the chance to be his girlfriend ? ’
27	Yeo also turned down the Health committee 's call for a DoH contingency fund , which would underwrite SSDs faced with unexpected demand .
28	You are also turning up the relics of perennial weeds that can be difficult to eliminate later .
29	Nikos 's mind began automatically to turn over the possibilities ; as it always did .
30	Then run the point of a thin knife around the edge of the moulds to loosen the cases and enable you to carefully turn out the chocolate shapes onto a cool , clean surface .