Example sentences of "turned [art] [noun sg] [adv prt] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he turned the gas off and poured the contents of the pan into the big metal bin which seems to be compulsory in vegetarian kitchens and which always contains enough mushy peas to drown a Rugby League team . |
| 2 | Benin reached into the van , turned the music off and ejected the cassette before answering . |
| 3 | She turned the music down and picked up the receiver . |
| 4 | He politely turned the girl down and waited to be admitted to Bronson Manolo 's office . |
| 5 | They turned the telephone down and spent most of the evening at the cinema . |
| 6 | After I turned the engine off and opened the door , I found my legs had turned to blancmange and moulded themselves into a sitting position . |
| 7 | So we turned the mattress over and got in bed ! |
| 8 | All the paperwork had been removed and burnt , but the caravan had been the working place of the squadron — the squadron headquarters in other words — and so against the CO 's most urgent requests and orders the airman turned the tractor round and raced back , grabbing " Jane " and her pants off the caravan wall , thrusting them into the arms of the CO and then retraced his steps in the direction of El Alamein . |
| 9 | Helen turned the picture over and saw that Dorothy had pencilled on the back ‘ 18 lbs Laxtons ; 27 lbs Coxes . ’ |
| 10 | I then turned the picture round and completed the other two sides . |
| 11 | When he had filled that side , he turned the page over and continued to make notes , completely disregarding the pencil sketch that had been begun . |
| 12 | Irene turned the sound down and turned to her daughter . |
| 13 | Now he turned the sound down and watched the action on the screen . |
| 14 | When Gareth lived with us before he got married he turned the bath on and walked away and left it . |
| 15 | I turned the car round and headed home . |
| 16 | Once the engine caught , he turned the car round and drove back into Adam 's Creek , population 2,200 , elevation 21 metres . |
| 17 | At one stage he turned the car round and rammed a following police car , nudging it aside . |
| 18 | In complete panic , I turned the car around and drove back to where the house had been . |
| 19 | She turned the oven off and went to call them . |
| 20 | Antony turned the grill off and looked at the dark brown slices of bread . |
| 21 | Finally she turned the book over and read the brief notes about the author ; and her deep unease of earlier that morning returned , but she crushed it down . |
| 22 | He turned the paper over and put it back on the top of the pile . |
| 23 | Molly turned the paper over and found a list of figures prefixed with lire signs and equipped with what seemed to her to be generous allowances of noughts . |
| 24 | I got into bed , turned the light off and lay with just the fire lighting the room . |
| 25 | When he had gone , she turned the light off and lay back on the bed , still in her dress if not her knickers , staring at the ceiling . |
| 26 | He turned the fire off and sat down on the settee , looking at the woman all the while . |
| 27 | About fifty feet from the first tent I turned the van around and pulled it slightly off the track . |