Example sentences of "turn on by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he was alert and sparkling , his motor well and truly turned on by the presence of Catherine Crane , and he probably was n't going to go home till he , or Catherine , dropped in their tracks . |
| 2 | Barbara Lohman of the Points of Light Foundation ( a non-profit organisation set up at the instigation of the White House ) says that today 's volunteers are ‘ not turned on by the martyrdom thing . ’ |
| 3 | Small clients handled roughly from what sounded like a hectic dealing room got turned on by the apparent professionalism of it all , and often allowed themselves to be persuaded into buying almost worthless over the counter ( OTC ) shares . |
| 4 | Maybe , I thought , Ash would be so turned on by the sounds of frantic coupling emanating from Gav and Aunt Janice in the bedroom that she 'd tear my clothes off . |
| 5 | I 'm turned on by the thought of making love to women . |
| 6 | This clock can be turned on by the START signal , causing the motor to run at a stepping rate equal to the clock frequency , and turned off by the STOP signal , in which case the motor is halted . |
| 7 | Cahervillahow ran no race in the Gold Cup but he might be turned on by the National as was the case with Attitude Adjuster who was also trained by Mouse Morris . |
| 8 | It was n't turned on by the T V. |
| 9 | A-cups are Janet-Reger-ites , turned on by the decadent thrill of spending enormous sums on scraps of silk only their lovers will ever see . |