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 | 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 . |
11 | And the fact that quite a lot of people had n't turned up on a certain day or that sort of thing . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | Ensure that you are well turned out in a clean , white karategi that is free of open tears and rips . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | After a while it turned on to a concrete road , where another truck was waiting . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | He sat looking at me , his mouth turned down in a bitter line . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | When he turned off at a small junction taking a no-through road , she stopped and watched him out of sight . |
22 | Then Ockleton turned off along a narrow lane and , a few moments later , they pulled up by the church . |
23 | Cameron turned off down a churned , peaty track towards the wooden roofs and palings of the sawmill . |
24 | Fancy him turning up in a snivelling little place like Bethlehem . |
25 | Clearly , however , where the overall number of speakers is small as it is in many sociolinguistic surveys , the number of higher-status speakers turning up in a random selection procedure which samples from the entire urban area will be correspondingly small . |
26 | She looked down at her new French muslin pyjamas , the corners of her thin lips turning up in a rueful smile , wondering if the whisky stains would come out — and deciding that they probably would n't . |
27 | Yeah , and it was their tradition was it that if one turned up with a dirty |
28 | If , if one turned up with a dirty one they have to buy the beer that 's how they used to be . |
29 | Then , late in the evening , my new friend turned up with a little white pill for each of us . |
30 | OLD salt Sydney Barnes , 83 , turned up for a naval reunion and found he was the only one there . |