Example sentences of "[verb] turn [art] [noun sg] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er looking at the rest of the P and L , you will see that we have split out a profit on sale of fixed assets which is our Lakeside erm Capelat and the Capco shares er which is why the corporate expenses for this other income has turned a way round , it 's gon na be negative nowadays , so we thought it 'd look a little silly saying other income less expenses . |
| 2 | He provides the influence they needed and , together with the best centre-back combination in England , Steve Bould and Tony Adams , the Dane 's strength has turned the clock back to the season when Arsenal last won the title through defensive ability . |
| 3 | A film company has turned the clock back one hundred years to recreate a bustling Victorian dock scene . |
| 4 | A farmer has turned the clock back fifty years to harvest his crop of wheat . |
| 5 | But now British Rail has turned the clock back — temporarily offering steam rides from Henley-on-Thames . |
| 6 | But a combination of tough decisions and innovative business methods has turned the organisation round . |
| 7 | Here , the community deputy has turned the argument around on the other deputy by suggesting he does not understand the issues that are central to bringing school and community together in one institution . |
| 8 | Disappointed , her confidence evaporating , she tried turning the question round as she had done before : ‘ If you do n't want us to drive back in it , wiggle your finger . ’ |
| 9 | I tried to turn the tap off but it still dripped . |
| 10 | Erm you occasionally forget it 's there which makes your conversation more natural but you also forget to turn the tape over |
| 11 | She too was a comparatively unknown artiste , and had not wished to turn the part down , since she feared she might never obtain another such opportunity . |
| 12 | ON ONE hand the Government is concerned about the vocational needs of children while on the other it wants to turn the clock back by insisting on paper and pencil testing instead of exploring what children really need . |
| 13 | Although most of the adjustments Valuev proposed to the statutes of emancipation appeared to favour the gentry at the expense of the peasantry , one of them , the abolition of the peasant commune , might have had the opposite effect , and none of them was designed to turn the clock back . |
| 14 | You will need to turn the water off before disconnecting an existing basin. , either at the mains stopcock or at the valves on the pipes leading from the cold water system . |
| 15 | You will need to turn the ham over twice during carving to remove the maximum amount of meat . |
| 16 | ‘ He 'd be irradiated if he 'd turned the bribe down and gone to the freight car . ’ |
| 17 | Geraci was staring fixedly back at Zen , as though he was trying to remember whether he 'd turned the gas off before leaving home . |
| 18 | They 'd turned the music off now . |
| 19 | It was an unhappy start to what proved to be a contentious relationship , with Lugard wanting to turn the clock back to the days of his undisputed pre-eminence , and Temple , whose sense of his own consequence was equally developed , treating him as primus ( barely ) inter pares . |
| 20 | IBM Corp 's new chief executive is being swamped with gratuitous advice on what he should do to turn the company around , but that coming from Stephen Smith , who has tracked the computer industry for PaineWebber Inc for 11 years , is probably worth more of Gerstner 's attention than most . |
| 21 | Starring at the County Ground tomorrow is Kenny Dalglish and his Blackburn team … his very first match as Rovers manager was at Swindon … both clubs have gone up in the world since then but what Town would give to turn the clock back and have the same scoreline again … 2-1 it was to swindon Chalky White and Colin Calderwood got the Town goals … |
| 22 | Well y y you know you sometimes say will you mind turning the wireless down , an I remembered that it was on . |
| 23 | " Do you mind turning the radio down ? " |
| 24 | Would you mind turning the light out , Robert ? |
| 25 | ‘ Mister Tom , ’ said Willie , as he turned to turn the lamp down . |
| 26 | How was he going to turn the conversation round to the subject of poison ? |
| 27 | Well naturally I was I was raving wild when I got up and that 's well the lads I thought they were going to turn the van over tell you the truth . |
| 28 | An investment analyst was explaining what was needed to turn the economy around . |
| 29 | You 've got to turn the radio off . |
| 30 | Remember to turn the printer off with the Escape sequence ENQ ] ( ASCII codes 5 & 93 ) when you have finished . |