Example sentences of "she turned [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No — that would be too much to expect , she decided with a pang of misery that made her blink as she turned over the food . |
| 2 | Jane found it cold , but her visitors found it freezing , so she turned up the thermostat to seventy . |
| 3 | She turned up the volume of the calypso tape Elaine had given her and sang at the top of her voice , thinking about whether to have a formal dinner party for the charity night , as Pauline suggested , or a more casual fancy-dress party on Halloween , which was what she would prefer . |
| 4 | She turned down the gas and hurried to intercept the intruder . |
| 5 | The birthday princess was serenaded by Phil the year she turned down the offer of a party from Charles . |
| 6 | She turned down the heat quicKly but some of the fat had splashed on to the flames and the blue smoke increased in density . |
| 7 | She turned back the sleeves to see exactly how the cuffs had been sewn in . |
| 8 | She turned out the light and reaching for a pitchfork crept towards the tack room . |
| 9 | She turned out the light . |