Example sentences of "turn [adv prt] on [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Clarke said his office tried ‘ several times ’ to arrange a meeting , four months before the bombshell announcement that 31 pits were to close with the loss of 30,000 jobs , but was turned down on each occasion . |
| 2 | Sometimes it is , sometimes it is n't , but what black people have to do is to become so well qualified that they can not be turned down on this basis — or at least if they are they can refer it to the Race Relations Board . |
| 3 | The backs have breath-taking pace out wide and both wingers have looked hungry for ball , turning up on each other 's wings regularly to create the extra man . |
| 4 | Yes , Mr Chairman , I , erm , I , I , I do appreciate that erm , I 've been invited through Committee er , to go through what I do represent er , the building project erm , on behalf of the economic development , because as you all know , I 'm of course on the economic development before , but er , in the past I 've found that that I have er been , shall we say , relieved of my positions on other er , position , erm , unknownst to myself , and of course I have er , actually turned up on these planning functions and been there , and to me in the past , I have always found that if one is going to be missed one must then , one 's either asked if he wishes to continue , if he 's been doing his job properly , if he does n't do his job properly then it 's only right to replace him . |
| 5 | More than three-quarters of those on the electoral register turned out on each occasion to cast their vote and , of those who did so , more than 90% voted usually for either the Conservative or Labour candidate . |
| 6 | The proclamation will have summoned the Parliament to meet on a specified day and it is up to the victors to turn up on that day at the time prescribed . |