Example sentences of "turn [adv prt] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stephen had turned down the first set of plans out of hand . |
| 2 | She 'd turned down the only chance she had had . |
| 3 | Now that the Commission has turned down the unanimous decision of the Catering Sub-Committee to invite the London food commission to give advice on how healthy and nutritious the food in the Members ' and Strangers ' Cafeterias is , what will the Leader of the House do to improve the situation ? |
| 4 | Manager Trevor Francis confirmed yesterday that he had turned down the huge offer from Toulon . |
| 5 | Rudely , without waiting for him to hand it to her , she snatched it out of his hand , then anxiously turned over the scrawled papers one by one . |
| 6 | Dyson slowly turned over the empty pages of his diary . |
| 7 | It was like when his Giro cheques from the unemployment people had n't turned up the last time he 'd been out of work ; it was all done to wear him down . |
| 8 | The man who 'd turned up the sexual voltage after their night out , only to be found embracing his secretary at precisely the time they 'd agreed to meet today … |
| 9 | Turned out the last time the staff had seen him he was a student here and he 'd made such an arsehole of himself they 'd sworn they 'd never let him back in ! |
| 10 | Former England coach Steve Harrison is back at Crystal Palace after turning down the assistant manager 's job at Scottish Premier Division St Johnstone . |
| 11 | On 18 October , therefore , the British government turned down the new fare proposals from American operators , while the CAA rejected British Airways ' request . |
| 12 | He turned down the first street he came to , turned left , right , left again , he walked down a hill , along an alley , through a deserted square , but still he could n't find one anywhere . |
| 13 | ‘ Is that why you turned down the fifth series ? ’ |
| 14 | He strolled along by the front of the house until he reached the north wing , where he turned down the grassy slope towards the trees . |
| 15 | But only Motherwell have shown interest and Hauser turned down the Premier League side after failing to agree personal terms . |
| 16 | Mungo turned down the right flank of the sleeping monster , towards the hole in its side . |
| 17 | She turned down The Fabulous Baker Boys , a film which made Michelle Pfeiffer an international superstar and an Oscar nominee , because ‘ I felt it was n't right for me ’ . |
| 18 | The midday sun glinted against the bronze bas-reliefs of famous battle scenes on Napoleon 's column as Chantal steered the Harley-Davidson through the place de l'Opéra and turned down the busy rue de la Paix . |
| 19 | The barmaid turned down the chintzy bed cover . |
| 20 | But Labour and Liberal Democrats turned down the Conservative budget . |
| 21 | After an impressive first year as a factory rider , Zeelenberg was in big demand but he turned down the lucrative offers without a moment 's hesitation . |
| 22 | ‘ Somebody told me that they saw the Bad Seeds recently and the show was being recorded , and that Blixa had had his volume knob turned down the whole time ! |
| 23 | In 1684 he turned over the retail side of his business to Francis Saunders and his partner Joseph Knight . |
| 24 | Reflecting on the author 's problems , he confessed that ‘ On turning over the different chapters ’ of The king 's Own , he felt that the designated hero , Willy Seymour , was not sufficiently ‘ the hero of my tale ’ : |
| 25 | Turning over the free endpaper to the next double page , we shall usually arrive at the first appearance of print , unless the publisher has been very free with his endpapers and given us some blanks . |
| 26 | Cheaper alternatives to turning up the central heating are to do a brief bout of gentle exercise , which increases body heat from the inside , or to wrap up well , which reduces loss to the outside . |
| 27 | That way she 'd be more in command of the situation instead of turning up the next morning knowing all eyes were going to be fixed on her . |
| 28 | He did n't elaborate , despite Mandy 's turning up the full voltage of her green eyes to show that she was interested . |
| 29 | Without turning up the light Katherine crossed to stand beside the window , leaving Michael Lee to close the door and move gingerly into the centre of the room . |
| 30 | He turned up the first day of the term , picked up his grant , bought a guitar with it and then disappeared ‘ till the start of the next term and that term 's grant cheque . |