Example sentences of "i turn on " in BNC.
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| 1 | I turned on the parking lights and drove slowly forward . |
| 2 | I turned on my tape machine . |
| 3 | So I turned on the TV to find the news , but they had n't found out who had been on board yet |
| 4 | Elizabeth and I turned on him severely , and told him that someone who was both old and a distinguished writer was not to be bothered with such things . |
| 5 | ‘ Imagine where my chin landed when I turned on his TV , called up Ceefax and saw my name on the screen . ’ |
| 6 | When I turned on the dishwasher or washing machine , the power required was taken out of the underfloor heat and returned to it immediately the machines were switched off . |
| 7 | Richard moved about in the bathroom ; the light hurt my eyes so I turned on my stomach and hid my face in the pillow . |
| 8 | I turned on my face . |
| 9 | I rolled out of bed at eight o'clock and went to the bathroom where I turned on the taps for a hot bath . |
| 10 | I turned on him . |
| 11 | I turned on my stomach and made love to the memory of Alison , like an animal , without guilt or shame , a mere machine for sensation spreadeagled on the earth . |
| 12 | Conchis had turned away — to talk with Ariel , who put records on ; or with Caliban , who carried a bucket of rotting entrails ; or perhaps with … but I turned on my back . |
| 13 | So I turned on my heel and stalked away to the control area … |
| 14 | I turned on my heel and left the room . |
| 15 | So I turned on my electric torch and there was nobody there . |
| 16 | I turned on lights as we went upstairs . |
| 17 | I turned on the smile . |
| 18 | Then I turned on Armstrong 's headlights . |
| 19 | I was in a car with my wife-to-be and we turned on the radio ( I turned on the radio really — My wife could n't care if Leeds went bankrupt tomorrow ) to find out that Leeds were 3–0 down with 15 minutes to go . |
| 20 | We were to do it from Friday to Friday but I turned on the tapes on , when was it |
| 21 | I turn on the light above my seat . |
| 22 | I turn on the other light on my side of the carriage . |
| 23 | At the enquiry which followed one manager said ‘ I always light the oxygen first , and when that is burning I turn on the gas ’ . |
| 24 | I read them a story — not the baby , of course — I go downstairs , I eat , I turn on the news … |
| 25 | It seems that every other person I meet , every paper I pick up , every time I turn on the television I am exhorted to ‘ go green ’ ! |
| 26 | I turn on my side , make a parallel zigzag , and wait for sleep . |
| 27 | Then I turn on the grill to warm the place up . |
| 28 | I turn on the television . |
| 29 | I says on a night-time , I said , you know , she ca n't leave her home now , I said , she ca n't manage to put coal on fire , and she ca n't manage to get up up to eat and drink and that , I said , I do n't mind dropping off and taking me turn on the night-time but I mean , but it 's hard , it 's hard with me with kids every night . |
| 30 | Or simply told the truth — told them there and now that it was n't Syl 's smile that repelled me but that I had an intuitive conviction that there was something unsound in him , something unwholesome by virtue of being undeveloped , something that would , sooner or later , cause me to turn on him with bitter cruelty as Nour had turned on me . |