Example sentences of "turn up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Doc Threadneedle slowly turned up the lights . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The water really is n't that hot , usually , but my other one was fiddling with the boiler earlier — he must have turned up the thermostat . |
| 7 | She did everything loudly : loud sneeze , loud blowing of the nose , loud banging of doors when she was in a temper ; she would march ( she always marched ) into the kitchen , clattering all the saucepan lids to see what was for supper , saying ‘ brrr ’ and turning up the heater , turning on the telly , tapping her foot to the music . |
| 8 | And he was in the jacuzzi with her , turning up the dials until the water bubbled furiously around them . |
| 9 | Sheldukher considered turning up the voltage on the Cell again . |
| 10 | Turning up the charm level at this point is as effective as spraying DDT in her eye . |
| 11 | at night Dassia is a bustling sort of place with pubs and bars on the main strip , just back from the beach turning on the light , turning up the music and really rocking away . |
| 12 | Turning up the music to drown the noise ; old Sixties hits playing as he beats Christopher with his fists , and with the crowbar , which he liked to keep at Christopher 's flat , dangling from a nail in a wall . |
| 13 | After a while she sat up and slowly began to undress to her camisole and her waist petticoat ; then , turning up the gas that had been on a low jet , she went across the room to the wash-hand stand and poured water from the jug into the basin . |
| 14 | Standing at the bottom of the stairs , turning up the gas , revealing her in a pool of light . |
| 15 | You are also turning up the relics of perennial weeds that can be difficult to eliminate later . |
| 16 | Mark the hemline on the curtain fabric by turning up the 15cm ( 6in ) hem allowance to the wrong side , and press . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't like your kinda music , ’ he drawls , turning up The Beach Boys on the car radio . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh ! ’ she breathed blissfully , and , with an impish smile turning up the corners of her mouth , ‘ Do n't stop there . ’ |
| 21 | These can be made even more legible for visually handicapped pupils by turning up the print contrast setting to ‘ dark ’ . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | BARLASTON chef Mark Williamson is turning up the heat on his marathon training programme . |
| 24 | Some basses are a little better than others , but the truth is that by turning up the line level you can make it sound like anything you want . |
| 25 | Colour seeped into the scene like turning up the control on TV . |
| 26 | Constantly turning up the pressure on suppliers to do even better makes doing business with carmakers tough ( see box ) . |
| 27 | Then , turning up the hem some way , she now fingered her petticoats . |
| 28 | Er no we had some larger other income erm I 'm turning up the detail as we speak . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | It is then decoded and made to change channels , turning up the volume , alter the brightness , mute the sound , or whatever other job is required . |