Example sentences of "[coord] turn [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly , the event risk is the likelihood of such a person forgetting to light the gas , switch off the electric cooker , lock the doors , or turn off the bath tap . |
| 2 | If I 've got to turn out drawers or turn out the airing cupboard or get the kitchen tidy , it 's a relaxation for me and I like it , or just going through some interior decoration books or moving the furniture round — I 'm a great mover of furniture . |
| 3 | A small but increasing number of commentators would like to stop or turn back the clock and , in the absence of hard data , the debate has been perhaps more about political models of social care than about what works in practice . |
| 4 | Warner v. Browne ( 1807 ) 8 East 165 there was an agreement to lease at a rent of £40 per annum and it was agreed that the landlord , W. Warner , should not raise the rent nor turn out the tenant ‘ so long as the rent is duly paid quarterly , and he does not expose to sale or sell any article that may be injurious to W. Warner in his business . ’ |
| 5 | Excel boasts a graph creating wizard , which guides you through graph creation , and turns out the kind of thing you see in the screenshots . |
| 6 | She did everything loudly : loud sneeze , loud blowing of the nose , loud banging of doors when she was in a temper ; she would march ( she always marched ) into the kitchen , clattering all the saucepan lids to see what was for supper , saying ‘ brrr ’ and turning up the heater , turning on the telly , tapping her foot to the music . |
| 7 | Hundreds of black-headed gulls were also joining in the feast of freshly hatching insects , paddling over the waves to snatch them from the surface , whilst in the Island Bay we came upon three superb black terns , dipping and turning over the water . |
| 8 | She put on her cape and turned up the collar and pulled her hat low over her eyes . |
| 9 | He shivered a little , and turned up the collar of his mackintosh . |
| 10 | He shivered a little , and turned up the collar of his suit jacket . |
| 11 | I straightened my shoulders , choked back a small tear for the loss of a good buddy and turned up the collar of my trenchcoat . |
| 12 | I closed the window tight and turned up the heat . |
| 13 | The sound of running water returned with renewed violence and John leaned forward and turned up the telly . |
| 14 | Bourne coloured and turned up the report . |
| 15 | She ignored him , and turned up the sound on the telly . |
| 16 | ‘ Speak to Charlie , ’ she heard herself saying , and turned up the pressure . |
| 17 | VXL has over 200 employees and turned over the equivalent of £3m last year . |
| 18 | They were in room order , A , B — Smart — Avery — Her hands shook as she drew out the file and turned back the cover . |
| 19 | She fiddled a tiny key into an infinitesimal lock and turned back the lid of her jewel-case . |
| 20 | But the bank was getting jittery and turned down the firm 's proposal to turn £1m of the debt into a long-term loan repayable over 15 years . |
| 21 | She took off her glasses and turned down the collar . |
| 22 | He crossed to the TV set and turned down the sound but left the picture on the screen . |
| 23 | Armstrong thought the society 's problems were too intractable even for his prodigious public relations skills , and turned down the offer . |
| 24 | Sick , sick day , ’ she moaned as she wiped the shelves of the fridge and turned down the temperature knob so that the intrusive crusts of ice would melt . |
| 25 | It had reached the lights just as the amber changed to red and turned down the Sandwich road . |
| 26 | He flung off his clothes with his back to her , pulled his nightshirt over his head , and turned out the lamp . |
| 27 | I undressed and turned out the lamp , then stood a moment by the open window . |
| 28 | He felt stiff when he got up from the chair and turned out the light and groped his way through the still open doorway to the bed , shedding his clothes on to the floor . |
| 29 | Marion put the pad on the bedside table and turned out the light . |
| 30 | She reached over and turned out the light , sick with disappointment to find she was no wiser about her identity than the night before . |