Example sentences of "turn [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were told that there would be a General 's inspection and the searchlight had to be turned on at a specified time , but when the great moment came we could not start the engine that drove the dynamo and darkness still prevailed . |
| 2 | Men who were turned on by a pretty face were turned off by an absolute show of disdain — and if double meanings were n't her strength , turning a cold shoulder was . |
| 3 | ‘ To be honest , no really well-founded scheme has ever been turned down on a financial basis . |
| 4 | well either two or four times er turned down on a long handle for pouring things er out of the , I mean like , when I used |
| 5 | MOTORIST Steve Hopwood was turned down for a disabled parking pass — even though he has only one arm and one leg . |
| 6 | Powerful amplifiers can be turned down for a small hall , but a weak amplifier has no potential for increased volume before it starts distorting the sound . |
| 7 | PLANS to convert a house in Palace Avenue , Rhyl , into separate flats have been turned down by a Welsh Office inspector . |
| 8 | Had he not been turned down by a local industrial company , things might have been different . |
| 9 | Indeed a mill design developed during the 1950s was turned down by a local planning enquiry : one of the aims of the CEGB 's current wind programme is to gain some feedback on public attitudes to modern designs . |
| 10 | The paper is clipped together by firm bulldog clips at the top edge of the required piece of hardboard , so allowing the charts to be turned over in an upwards direction . |
| 11 | Men who were turned on by a pretty face were turned off by an absolute show of disdain — and if double meanings were n't her strength , turning a cold shoulder was . |
| 12 | But for his new single , ‘ Brothers Gon na Work It Out ’ , the man who gave new meaning to the term ‘ bedroom producer ’ has turned up with a contagious call for unity . |
| 13 | And the fact that quite a lot of people had n't turned up on a certain day or that sort of thing . |
| 14 | He kept forgetting they would write it down : he seems to have thought — most of the time — that they had just turned up for a friendly drink . |
| 15 | D J Long , the vice-president of marketing who left Applix Inc two weeks ago , has turned up in a similar capacity at Rosh Intelligent Systems Inc , the Aurum-like turnaround former Uniplex chief Jeff Waxman is now heading up . |
| 16 | The quiet Swiss man had actually turned up in a three-piece suit and tie , with a large amount of baggage ; one of the Belgians had two suitcases and a hand grip . |
| 17 | Ensure that you are well turned out in a clean , white karategi that is free of open tears and rips . |
| 18 | The city 's funeral barons had turned out in an unprecedented expression of their admiration and their sympathy , and Creed took full advantage of the fact . |
| 19 | Smith had therefore turned back to an earlier idea of Carl Gauss . |
| 20 | Well away from the motorway now , each new place quickly gave way to further forest and , just as Jenna was beginning to be lulled into a strange peace by the dappled sunlight of the place , the soothing green of nature , the car turned on to a narrow road and began to climb steadily . |
| 21 | After a while it turned on to a concrete road , where another truck was waiting . |
| 22 | We sailed into a murky , airless dawn veiled by the thin drizzle of a Scotch Mist , and I turned in for a few hours . |
| 23 | Contentedly I went below and turned in for a few hours , leaving my colleague to navigate . |
| 24 | By the time he got to the ice-cream he was too weary to eat , so he downed the bourbon — which instantly took its toll — and retired to bed , leaving the television on in the next room , its sound turned down to a soporific burble . |
| 25 | He sat looking at me , his mouth turned down in a bitter line . |
| 26 | With the scum being really lucky getting a draw from a good Norwich side , it seemed on the radio at least that Norwich had at least one decent penalty decision turned down from a spineless and gutless referee . |
| 27 | It is our intention to keep goods turning over at a livelier pace and it would therefore be appreciated if you would return any goods which you are unable to sell . |
| 28 | When he turned off at a small junction taking a no-through road , she stopped and watched him out of sight . |
| 29 | Then Ockleton turned off along a narrow lane and , a few moments later , they pulled up by the church . |
| 30 | Shortly afterwards Cinzia turned off along an unpaved minor road . |