Example sentences of "turn [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is to the history of some of these works that one must turn for the last part of the story . |
| 2 | Saettler traces programmed learning back to Montessori , but for ordinary purposes it is to B. F. Skinner that we must turn for the initiation of the programmed learning movement as such . |
| 3 | It is as if those who know aid best from the viewpoint of the recipients fear that an outspoken critique will turn off the tap rather than improve the quality of the flow . |
| 4 | Thirty seconds and he would turn off the road . |
| 5 | Do not turn off the electricity either . |
| 6 | We should turn off the television and play Scrabble instead , so that our minds are challenged : ‘ If the economy goes the way we think it will , your extra brain power will come in handy . ’ |
| 7 | A boiler had overturned , they could n't turn off the water . |
| 8 | The fame of Hooker 's books and the sanctity of his life became so remarkable that many people would turn off the road to see him . |
| 9 | At Gédre , you can turn off the Gavarnie road to the east and drive up to the alternative Cirque de Troumouse . |
| 10 | At this moment they heard their mother turn off the radio in the other room . |
| 11 | And when you 've finished laughing perhaps you 'll turn off the lights . ’ |
| 12 | We 've got ta be careful that in er using that sheet , we do n't do it in such a way as to bully and turn off the customer by saying , by the way , you 'd better make sure you 've done this , this , this , this and this , cos I 'm not doing it . |
| 13 | ‘ And after you 've sent out signals , ’ he interrupted , ‘ do you always turn off the transmitter ? |
| 14 | Sound it minimal ( you can turn off the dreadful background music ) and effects are rather limited . |
| 15 | I do not turn off the bathroom light . |
| 16 | Each night they would turn off the mains water supply and Emma would sleep in the bath . |
| 17 | But the county council does accept that trends for migration into the county are there and the county council can not turn off the top to turn off the tap to reclu to preclude any further migration into the county . |
| 18 | I 'll just turn off the television then we can concentrate on |
| 19 | When women are told , ‘ Just do your breathing and do n't let those doctors interfere with you ’ , my experience is that they are very bitter when their labours do n't turn out the way the NCT has predicted . ’ |
| 20 | Did anything really ever turn out the way human beings so carefully planned . |
| 21 | So the eyes of the nation will once again turn towards the television tonight , this time Channel Four at 11.15 p.m . |
| 22 | In short , his argument is that it is the very abstraction which confers the material advantages of modern science , and the social advantages of both modern freedom and equality , which is also responsible for the dilemmas of exploitation and alienation. the central conflict is not , therefore , one between liberalism and equality , which come from the same root , but one emerging from a recognition that both of these entail consequences which may turn against the interests of the subject . |
| 23 | Liverpool chairman Peter Robinson , who voted against the package , believes fans will miss out and may even turn against the game as a result . |
| 24 | Once in a while at least , the philosopher must be allowed to approach the psychologist as a counsellor and to say : if you leave the Sorbonne by the exit in the Rue Saint-Jacques , you can either turn up the hill or go down towards the river : if you go up , you will get to the Panthéon which is the resting place of a few great men , but if you go downhill then you 're bound to end up at the Préfecture de Police . |
| 25 | By rocking back on your heels , the weight will be transferred to the windward side and the board will turn into the wind . |
| 26 | It is imperative that this is placed on the centreline otherwise the board will swiftly turn into the wind once any weight is put on it . |
| 27 | Obviously I could n't follow him up to his front door , but I saw him turn into the grounds . ’ |
| 28 | Every last city will turn into Venice and Venice will turn into the lost city of Atlantis . |
| 29 | She did n't turn into the gates , although they were open . |
| 30 | Just pray they do n't turn into The Grateful Dead . |