Example sentences of "turn up the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And there is a good account of the infamous Nixon/Kennedy TV debate when Kennedy 's aide even turned up the heat in Nixon 's dressing-room to make him sweat more . |
| 2 | My horse went down a couple of times when we were riding along a shallow river The hooves must 've turned up the mud at the bottom and I 'm sorry but no amount of expert preparation can help you keep cool when a 500lb horse goes down on you . |
| 3 | However , I said I would try so I put on my best uniform , nicely pressed , and as I paraded in front of him I said I had turned up the hem of my skirt and did he think it was too short ? |
| 4 | US AGENTS have turned up the pressure on the besieged Texas cult by using glaring floodlights on the compound and cutting off electricity , and those inside are trying to communicate with banners and Morse code . |
| 5 | Sheldukher considered turning up the voltage on the Cell again . |
| 6 | You are also turning up the relics of perennial weeds that can be difficult to eliminate later . |
| 7 | Turning up the collar of his Burberry against the chill morning air , he climbed up the slope to the rim of the hollow and stood looking down at the car . |
| 8 | She swallowed convulsively , and tightened the belt of her Burberry , turning up the collar as if she was preparing to weather a blizzard before closing numb fingers round the hand-grip of her bag . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh ! ’ she breathed blissfully , and , with an impish smile turning up the corners of her mouth , ‘ Do n't stop there . ’ |
| 10 | Turning up the heat on Sun Microsystems Inc and IBM , Hewlett-Packard Co is starting worldwide deliveries of another Snake RISC workstation in June , adding a colour model of the PA-RISC HP 9000/705 to its pit . |
| 11 | BARLASTON chef Mark Williamson is turning up the heat on his marathon training programme . |
| 12 | Colour seeped into the scene like turning up the control on TV . |
| 13 | Constantly turning up the pressure on suppliers to do even better makes doing business with carmakers tough ( see box ) . |
| 14 | Patients find visual proprioceptive cues very useful — eg , aiming at marks or patterns on the floor , trying to kick forward the leading leg , or turning up the toes inside the shoe . |
| 15 | ‘ I checked out most of Crevecoeur 's old haunts , ’ he said , consulting his memofile , ‘ and turned up the goods at Alix Micklemas ’ tattoo parlour . ’ |
| 16 | Wycliffe turned up the reports of telephone enquiries made among Francis 's customers to find Kevin Brand of The School of Occult Studies , Carn Fellow , near Penzance . |
| 17 | Outside the hotel Maggie turned up the collar of her mac . |
| 18 | When I told him I could not come he turned up the collar of his coat and walked away , looking at the pavement beside the unlit shop windows , hands deep in his pockets , and passed into the night going towards the Bridge of Three Eyes . |
| 19 | Peter turned up the collar of his coat . |
| 20 | He shivered a little , and turned up the collar of his mackintosh . |
| 21 | He shivered a little , and turned up the collar of his suit jacket . |
| 22 | I turned up the collar of my fake biker 's jacket and walked off . |
| 23 | I straightened my shoulders , choked back a small tear for the loss of a good buddy and turned up the collar of my trenchcoat . |
| 24 | Schellenberg turned up the collar of his greatcoat and leaned back in the corner pulling the peak of his cap over his eyes . |
| 25 | I had to wait impatiently till I was free to go down there , and huddled uncomfortably among the book-stacks I turned up the page with trembling fingers . |
| 26 | She turned up the volume of the calypso tape Elaine had given her and sang at the top of her voice , thinking about whether to have a formal dinner party for the charity night , as Pauline suggested , or a more casual fancy-dress party on Halloween , which was what she would prefer . |
| 27 | The conversation then started to get interesting and we turned up the volume in London . |
| 28 | Bishops then turned up the pressure in a search for an equaliser , and it nearly came on seventy minutes as yet another debut man , Tommy Callanan blasted the ball against the underside of the ball from literally yards out when it was easier to score . |
| 29 | My father turned up the ring on the cooker under the soup-pan , looking beneath the lid into the warming mixture and then turning back to look at me . |
| 30 | Jane found it cold , but her visitors found it freezing , so she turned up the thermostat to seventy . |