Example sentences of "we turn [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hate the heavy dirtiness of the area , the grit and dust in my eyes and mouth , the litter blowing along in the gutter of the deserted road before we turn under the railway bridge and into Todd Street . |
| 2 | We turn on the box |
| 3 | All sorts of influences are brought to bear upon us every time we turn on the radio or open a newspaper . |
| 4 | When we turn to the uterus , not only is it situated in the abdomen , but it is also confined to women ; and even in our enlightened days , it is hedged around with taboos . |
| 5 | We turn to the AFC and DFC , awarded since 1918 for acts of valour , courage and devotion . |
| 6 | When we turn to the animal kingdom we discover a whole array of senses which we , as human beings , reckon we do not have . |
| 7 | If we turn to the literature which attempts to combine sociobiology with social psychology , we find the formation of youth subcultures being given an explanation which is largely at odds with that proposed by Marxism . |
| 8 | It is against this background that we turn to the mathematics curriculum and ask what mathematics is relevant to real life . |
| 9 | If we turn to the history of man 's creation in the sacred volume , we find that his mission was simply to dress and keep the garden of Eden and to serve and obey his Creator … and that , so far from having any mission to pry into the laws by which the Almighty governs His creation , he was expressly forbidden to do so . |
| 10 | When we turn to the theatre the question of scale is also significant . |
| 11 | Finally we turn to the question of the possible payment of costs from central funds of this appeal , and of such appeals generally . |
| 12 | Secondly , we turn to the question of lifestyles led by subordinate social groups and their relationship to the home . |
| 13 | With this broad theme in mind we turn to the subject of International Relations and then to an outline of the book . |
| 14 | But when we turn to the input systems there would seem to be no choice but to use the language of ‘ representations ’ . |
| 15 | Er , if we turn to the revenue split I think this underscores the recession er , and you 'll notice that there 's a much lesher lesser proportion of revenue coming from advertising . |
| 16 | Second we turn to the war itself : the shock of destruction , the determination to rebuild and the emergence of consensus over central direction . |
| 17 | But , before we turn to the left 's criticism , it is both necessary and instructive to look at how the dominant rightwing , or what I have termed here ‘ mainstream criticism ’ , dealt with these films . |
| 18 | Finally , we turn to the hostility of the Armed Forces to Khrushchev in his final years , and the question of his downfall in October 1964 . |
| 19 | But , if we turn to the copy of the tables I will keep a copy . |
| 20 | Before we turn to the examination of the extent to which it is true to say of Parliament that it is supreme , it would be as well to make clear what we mean by the statement in the first place . |
| 21 | The picture does not really change if we turn from the Bible to those seals and bronzes from the Persian period with which the Archaeological Museums of Jerusalem have made us familiar . |