Example sentences of "turn [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The poor were helped in their distress , the children educated and taught a trade , the godless tamed ; there was even a public library where the townsfolk could turn the globes to learn their geography , or contemplate the world beyond in the pages of John Calvin . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd turn the rifles on the officers and my first shot would be aimed at that bastard Trentham . ’ |
| 3 | What we did say did n't encourage them to chat as we 'd always turn the conversation round to why they were keeping us like this . |
| 4 | I still can not say whose bomb did turn the Tirpitz over , But this is all good for morale ; like the piece of the Tirpit : that I was able to secure for these two happy squadrons , encased in a large frame of good British oak , and displayed at Binbrook as a trophy of what Willie Tait and his gang of two — 617 and 9 , or 9 and 617 , the choice is yours — achieved . |
| 5 | You 'd turn the lights on and all the light would drop backwards out of the room . |
| 6 | She said , I usually do n't turn the lights on when I come home at night , it 's a habit I have . |
| 7 | The night patrol was meant to come and turn the lights off at a quarter to ten , but sometimes they would n't turn up until eleven or half eleven . |
| 8 | I doubt the pub will turn the lights down . |
| 9 | Erm , okay some of the , is that visible or shall I turn the lights out ? |
| 10 | gas on or should we turn the lights on so we can get the |
| 11 | Cos they wo n't turn the lights off . |
| 12 | Yeah , they 'll not turn the lights out until the till i make sure it 's out and everything . |
| 13 | Why do n't we turn the lights in here and close all the windows cos of poison . |
| 14 | Besides , you ca n't turn the girl out at this hour . ’ |
| 15 | As she reached the gate at the farther edge she could see right under the low bridge — and as she looked she saw the van turn the bend at the top of the short hill leading to the bridge , and increase speed down it . |
| 16 | It goes without saying that you must be quick , otherwise the opponent can turn the tables on you . |
| 17 | ‘ Even while I was speaking I realised I could well turn the tables with that . |
| 18 | If it 's impossible to placate them or reason with them , if they insist on making your life a misery , if you ca n't get help from friends or a higher authority , then you must turn the tables on them — and fast . |
| 19 | Garvey needed to beat Bann and then hope Mark Sinnamon 's men would turn the tables on Holywood , so that they could force a play-off , but that scenario never looked likely . |
| 20 | While he might have dismissed her , Vitor appeared to find it disconcerting that she should turn the tables and dismiss him . |
| 21 | However , if Powerhouse can turn the tables , the title would go down to the wire and almost certainly be decided on set difference . |
| 22 | If you go much faster than that it gets windy very quickly , although the heater can still turn the cabin into blast furnace . |
| 23 | You can then turn the machine around to play left- or right-handed . |
| 24 | She could not move , she could no longer turn the pages , but she kept her eyes down . |
| 25 | I could hardly turn the pages of my magazine . |
| 26 | If that does n't turn the trick , offer him A nice car . |
| 27 | I hoped I might turn the trick with that one . |
| 28 | Long-time Clinton opponent , Arkansas newspaper columnist John Starr , has no doubt that the Clintons will turn the Presidency into a job-sharing position . |
| 29 | This could be replicated , at least superficially , by boiling in a concentrated caustic soda solution to give a white patination ; the addition of a few rusty nails would then turn the patina brown . |
| 30 | However , on the last service I had to check the tappets — after removing the rocker cover the only way I could turn the engine over was to put the car in gear and push it backwards . |