Example sentences of "turn [adv] and [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This unregulated d.c. now passes through an electronic switch S which turns on and off at a relatively high frequency ; this might well lie within the range 15kHz to 100kHz , sometimes more . |
| 2 | Cell proliferation is constantly being turned on and off in the target organs . |
| 3 | Most rocker switches are wired for one-way operation — that is , the light is turned on and off from just the one position ; but most are capable of two-way operation , where the light is turned on or off from two places — in a through room , in a bedroom , or top and bottom of the stairs , for instance . |
| 4 | He was being turned over and over by the rush of water . |
| 5 | That , in some cases , that has been explored for the storage of heat in the summer which you would then use in the winter , but everywhere one comes back to storage nuclear power stations can not be turned up and down quickly at the moment , so either with electricity you have to have a uniform demand for electricity , or you have to , say , burn gas to provide an alternative way of generating electricity which can be turned up and down at will . |
| 6 | The control of transcription — turning on and off of genes — and so controlling the synthesis of specific proteins , involves signal molecules that enter the cell nucleus from the cytoplasm . |
| 7 | The silver-plated frame winked at him as it turned over and over in the air . |
| 8 | Walking the half-mile to Chapel market , she turned over and over in her mind the many questions about the murder that remained unanswered . |
| 9 | The two women in the sombre , fusty dignity of the drawing-room at Buller 's Hill House ; Matthew Choak , trying his uncle 's chair for size ; the little room overlooking the bay where the undertaker kept his secret troubles locked up in a drawer like Pandora 's box ; the Scapegoat turning over and over in its garland of flame ; the clothing , some of it blood-stained , spread out on tables in the police station . |
| 10 | He listened , turning over and over in his hands a black wooden paper-knife with a carved African head on it . |
| 11 | David sat looking down at the empty wine glass that he was turning round and round between his hands . |
| 12 | turning round and round like that said Pink . |
| 13 | You know , a horse turning round and round in in what they called a horse power . |
| 14 | From then on I began to interpret each nocturnal sound as a footstep or as a bolt sliding back , and in the misery of the night I turned round and round in bed , my nightdress winding itself tighter and tighter about me , while a little voice inside me complained , ‘ I tried to do right , and now look what you 've done to me . |
| 15 | He is still himself — still rather short and tubby , with a high forehead , and dry hair that turns upwards and back in the wind of his passage . |