Example sentences of "turn [adv prt] by [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gina was not turned on by these sounds . |
| 2 | So different people want different things and get turned on by different things . |
| 3 | After all , at this end of the market where incomes are low and where applicants for credit may well have been turned down by other types of lender , lenders may feel that they have to discriminate particularly carefully to be sure of recovering their money . |
| 4 | AN application for outline permission to erect a detached house at 90 London Road , Holybourne has been turned down by local planners . |
| 5 | One fishing vessel that we had been watching for a long period had more than one narrow escape from detection by British controls , but was finally turned back by Dutch customs patrols shortly after leaving a Continental port with a cargo of immigrants on board bound for the UK . |
| 6 | A UN convoy which set off for Srebrenica yesterday was turned back by Serbian police backed up by an armoured car . |
| 7 | Another convoy , carrying supplies for UN forces in Sarajevo , was also turned back by Bosnian forces . |
| 8 | The advert , turned down by Italian newspapers , raised eyebrows among readers and triggered angry commentaries on French radio . |