Example sentences of "[vb mod] turn down the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I 'll turn down the heat when I get back . "
2 ‘ There was a lot to do with telephones , ’ says Ian , ‘ like you could turn down the stereo as you picked up the phone ! ’
3 And you could almost imagine Boaz hoping against hope that the other kinsman would turn down the offer and so he delighted when that happened .
4 Does he not know that people will actually die , old folk who will turn down the heat without telling anyone ?
5 To reduce this the hearing aid wearer will turn down the volume of his aid , and would therefore lose the amplification he had gained from the Audio Telescope .
6 You ca n't usually " turn off " the picture in the same way you can turn down the sound but there are various ways you can organise things so that the class is presented with the soundtrack only :
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