Example sentences of "[verb] turn [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now that the Commission has turned down the unanimous decision of the Catering Sub-Committee to invite the London food commission to give advice on how healthy and nutritious the food in the Members ' and Strangers ' Cafeterias is , what will the Leader of the House do to improve the situation ? |
| 2 | The man who 'd turned up the sexual voltage after their night out , only to be found embracing his secretary at precisely the time they 'd agreed to meet today … |
| 3 | She 'd turned down the only chance she had had . |
| 4 | My mother could n't believe I 'd turned down the highest single accolade known to show business aside from This Is Your Life ( which I 've also managed to avoid by dint of a pact with the reclusive man with whom I share my digs ) . |
| 5 | And told to turn up the next morning , waited another four hours , finally a patient who 'd had an operation for a serious gall bladder operation two days before hand was kicked out of his bed and sent home so that she would be put in the bed , given the operation ! |
| 6 | Maisie Williams was thrilled when she was told to turn up the following week : |
| 7 | As — to many people 's surprise — Russian resistance first held up and then began to turn back the Nazi forces , the Communists , identification with the Soviet Union became their major attraction to tens of thousands of new recruits . |
| 8 | Stephen had turned down the first set of plans out of hand . |
| 9 | Manager Trevor Francis confirmed yesterday that he had turned down the huge offer from Toulon . |
| 10 | There was unrest in some twenty-six English and Welsh towns on 20 October , the day of George 's coronation , by which time the new monarch had already begun to turn out the old Tory ministers and replace them by Whigs . |