Example sentences of "turn [pron] [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unlike Mike , however , I shall not turn my back on the game I love . |
| 2 | If only she could turn her back on the golden Dane whose gaze still ensnared her , lose herself in the masses and find her own way back to the hotel , but she was held where she stood by invisible chains . |
| 3 | On Sept. 22 the President of the World Bank , Lewis Preston , called on donor nations to increase aid to developing countries , saying that " the international community must not turn its back on the poor " . |
| 4 | Christians believe that when a person meets Jesus they can turn their back on the past and return to a life with God . |
| 5 | On the other hand , Burton Raffel ( 1983 : xxii ) writes in his translator 's introduction , " The translator must turn his back on the original … in order to be ultimately loyal to it . |
| 6 | ‘ Calvin , do n't turn your back on the guests . |
| 7 | If we really want to fight AIDS then let's turn our anger on the newspapers who spread lies and distortions ; on a government that refuses to put money into AIDS education and research and those drug companies that appear more interested in patents than cures . |