Example sentences of "turn [adv prt] [prep] the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Proposals for bilateral agreements , put forward by both these countries , have been turned down by the UK Department of the Environment on the grounds that Britain , along with other European Community countries , is aiming to achieve self-sufficiency in waste disposal . |
| 2 | A request from Shetland farmers to ban all imports of dairy cattle to save their stocks from BSE infection has been turned down by the Shetland Island Council . |
| 3 | An initial scheme not to include the College of Art in the Polytechnic was turned down by the DES . |
| 4 | The row , which inflamed doctors , was immortalised by the pictures of ‘ battling Granny Esther Brookstone ’ , the leader of Charing Cross Hospital 's branch of the National Union of Public Employees , demanding that the new hospital 's ‘ penthouse floor ’ of private beds be turned over to the NHS . |
| 5 | The company says the trainer market 's core consumers are turned off by the Clarks name . |
| 6 | The scene when Nancy had turned up at the Shangri-La guest house must have been terrible . |
| 7 | More recently he has turned up in The Fisher King and At Play in the Fields of the Lord , and he has a small role in Coppola 's forthcoming Dracula . |
| 8 | In conclusion , although it is difficult to foresee the tide of interest and activity being turned back in the NHS , and a majority of DGMs believe that the new system has already delivered quality improvements ( Appleby et al. |
| 9 | He gave a quick , curt nod to the soldiers on duty and turned on to the Al Ain road . |
| 10 | The driver revved up enthusiastically and turned on to the October Bidge . |
| 11 | ‘ So , you 've gone to the top , ’ Buckmaster commented as they turned on to the Okehampton road . |
| 12 | He emerged two minutes later with a bulky small man , and the Land Rover turned on to the Cambridge road , making for the headquarters of the regional crime squad . |
| 13 | On Jan. 11 Cambodian officials turned over to the USA remains thought to be those of two US servicemen killed during the Vietnam war . |
| 14 | Federalist countries such as Belgium and Italy recoil from this idea , as they want interior-ministry work turned over to the EC . |
| 15 | I kept to my itinerary , turning off along the Achiltibuie road , passing below the serrated skyline of Stac Polly , its upper rocks tinged pink as the sun rose over the horizon . |
| 16 | Ramsay himself did not know this Ettrick Forest area so well as the main Middle and East Marches ; but from the route the usurper had taken from Moffat , it looked as though he was heading either for the mid-Tweed or Teviot dales — although he could have reached the former more easily by turning off in the Broughton area of Tweedsmuir . |
| 17 | But this was an A-road and I wanted to keep mainly to the minor routes , so half-way up I turned off behind the Ponderosa Cafe and joined the Old Horseshoe Pass . |
| 18 | And ethical investors in the City have taken up the SAS cause — some actually turning up to the SAS summer ball and joining in the dancing to Dezzman Devan 's reggae band and London funksters Push . |
| 19 | Word of Denim , Lawrence 's conceptual thrust into the 1990s , began to circulate immediately , but then the trail went cold apart from overheard rumours and the odd piece of rogue merchandising ( Denim patches and plectrums ) turning up at the NME . |
| 20 | Quite a number of them were turning up at the BBC and the harassed receptionist was heard to say , as she reported the arrival of yet another , ‘ I 'm sorry , where did you say you were king of ? ’ |
| 21 | They 're all turning up at the Evesham Leisure Centre to learn circus skills . |
| 22 | One day she turned up with the Raleigh bike because she was worried that I did n't get out much . |
| 23 | The whole workforce turned up outside the Bentley Piano factory at Woodchester as part of their battle to keep it in business . |
| 24 | Wimbledon boss Joe Kinnear after just 1,987 fans turned up for the Coca-Cola match against Bolton |
| 25 | In 1713 , at the election for the City of London ( where the franchise was vested in the liverymen ) , " a great Mob of Weavers and such people " ( who were presumably not enfranchised ) turned up at the Guildhall in support of the Whigs , and " made a disturbance and caus 'd much fighting and quarrelling " , although the four Tory candidates eventually carried the day , " notwithstanding the Rabble " . |
| 26 | Only 2,222 turned up at the Vic for the 3–1 win against Exeter on Tuesday well below the average attendance for the season , 3,500 . |
| 27 | Ms Daniels turned up at the Vines Hotel , Lime Street in regal robes leading the Peter Walker shire horses Majestic and Surprise . |
| 28 | It had been Marcus who turned up at the Evans house on Saturday afternoon when Pascoe was there . |
| 29 | That 's why the Death Squad turned up at the San Jacinto Market on 9 April 1980 . |
| 30 | Their talent for self-promotion ensured that many people turned up at the Ritz to witness the intriguing spectacle of The Smiths falling on their collective backsides . |