Example sentences of "turn off [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He disclosed that electricity supplies to the compound had been turned off on Friday . |
| 2 | If this sort of technology was introduced into commercial-sized refrigeration plants , they could be turned off during peak times and then switched back on during low demand periods , saving money for the companies that own them and using less energy . |
| 3 | ‘ Take a look behind , nephew , ’ came the answer , ‘ and you will see that already the litter carrying the prince has turned off for Westminster ! ’ |
| 4 | She must 'ave turned off at t'top of your other path . |
| 5 | Having left Scratchwood a few moments after the other vehicle , the mustard-coloured van , its roof rack carrying a decorator 's ladder , also turned off at Junction 4 , but then picked up the Uxbridge road before turning south towards Harrow-on-the-Hill and the home of Beth and Ali Christie . |
| 6 | Always keep spare tap washers handy and replace the washers regularly — no tap should need to be turned off with force . |
| 7 | Normally I am completely turned off by ruins . |
| 8 | Newspapers do develop the discussion in much more detail , but people are more likely to be turned off by newspapers than |
| 9 | And in January it goes on sale at Ryman so homeowners can ensure their freezers or video recorders are not turned off by mistake . |
| 10 | Waddell says the old man must have known it was daylight when they left , as the house lights were turned off by Waddell at dawn … |
| 11 | If the correct position for changing the phase excitation pattern has been reached the phase is allowed to remain on , otherwise the phase is turned off in preparation for a subsequent trial . |
| 12 | At night , when air-conditioners are turned off in Phoenix , the water level drops as much as ten feet . |
| 13 | If the power is accidentally turned off in use or the power source runs out , the user 's place is kept automatically in whatever application is running at the time . |
| 14 | A side road turns off to Achmelvich , renowned for its rocky coast and excellent sandy beaches , but on a recent visit I was disappointed to find the place robbed of its appeal by a tight concentration of caravans . |
| 15 | The cars then travelled south on the A1 before turning off for Ripon . |
| 16 | I turned off towards Munlochy , and near the Clootie Well , the entire front hub disintegrated in a shower of hot , broken alloy , and the bike headed straight for the hedge . |
| 17 | On the way to Whitby and the first hostel , we turned off at Skinningrove , a steel-producing town that looked exactly like a slice of Newcastle 's backstreets scooped up and set down on the rugged coastline . |
| 18 | The 15 mile route took us only 50 yards along the main road before we turned off to cycle alongside an idyllic stream . |
| 19 | Penny and her Second , Sylvia , talked about it all the way to the corner where Sylvia turned off for home , and Penny only remembered her lost budgie again when Sylvia said goodbye and added : ‘ I do hope you find Kelpie soon , Penny . ’ |
| 20 | But even that was too chic for me , so I turned off into Winston Street . |
| 21 | The Human League 's snappy pop songs , drum machines and synthesisers were the embodiment of ‘ electro-pop ’ , the new teenage esperanto ; while Collins ' sleek , craftsmanlike records were the perfect palliative for an older generation of listeners , turned off by punk rock , whose interest in pop music would be rekindled by the coming phenomenon of the compact disc . |
| 22 | From the A465 Heads of the Valleys Road turn off at Brynmawr and take the B4248 for Blaenafon . |
| 23 | The most powerful secretions are produced by our apocrine glands , which switch into action at puberty and turn off at menopause . |
| 24 | From the M4 , turn off at junction 26 and take the A4042 to Pontypool , then the A4043 to Blaenafon . |
| 25 | Difficulty Full walk 3 , Short 2 Start 6½-mile walk Sea-front , Eyemouth , grid reference 946645 ; 4½ mile walk Coldingham ( car park in village centre opposite war memorial , grid reference 902659 ; take B6438 signposted St Abb 's , turning right at end of village in road signposted ‘ Sands ¾ ’ ; opposite ‘ unsuitable for motors ’ sign take path parallel on left-hand side of road and follow to beach where turn left to start walk directions as 4 ; 3-mile walk St Abb 's nature reserve visitor centre ( turn off by sign for St Abb 's Head ; to start walk , go to right of coffee shop to reach road , and take waymarked path opposite , on left-hand side of road and parallel to it reach 30mph road-sign , where turn left on path sign-posted St Abb 's Head ) ; grid reference 913675 OS maps 1:50 000 67 ; 1:25 000 NT 86/96 ( Pathfinder 423 ) Refreshments Full range in Eyemouth ; pubs and shops at Coldingham ; café and hotel at Coldingham Bay ; shop at St Abb 's ; coffee shop at the St Abb 's visitor centre |
| 26 | You could n't even see where you had to turn off into street , it were worse Saturday |
| 27 | and then go sa sa straight on down that road as it takes us down onto Castle Lane to then turn off for Sarah 's . |
| 28 | You could turn off for Abergavenny again . |