Example sentences of "turn [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Provided he acts with good faith and all due care in the context outlined above , the doctor who turns off the ventilator does nothing to warrant criminal sanction . |
| 2 | Provided the ultimate prognosis were one of improvement or recovery , it is submitted that anyone — doctor , medical attendant , or other — who turns off the ventilator with knowledge that death will result and an intent to bring this about is guilty of murder . |
| 3 | At a roadside cottage at the end of the village ( a former toll bar ) , a narrow lane turns off the main road to the left and continues beyond a crossroads and the old railway track to start a long climb on the side of Casterton Fell and ultimately come to an end at Bullpot Farm . |
| 4 | After a further mile towards Chapel-le-Dale , a track turns off the road to the left and goes down to the beck in the valley bottom , arriving at a section roofed by a natural arch of considerable length . |
| 5 | Do you have easy access to the stop cock that turns off the water ? |
| 6 | This definition is clarified when Sadat turns off the road through an entrance discreet enough to admit the car with only a centimetre on either side . |
| 7 | Backing off the Drive rotary turns off the LED next to it ; this indicates that the GX-7 is in clean mode . |
| 8 | On a modern system this may have been replaced by a safety device called a residual current device ( RCD ) , which turns off the supply if it detects current leaking to earth , and so protects the system and its users against the twin risks of fire and electric shock . |
| 9 | Crilly turns off the telly and puts on a Billie Holiday record . |
| 10 | He turns off the main drag . |
| 11 | He turns off the engine , comes out of his car , walks round it on to the pavement , then tells us to turn and face the wall . |
| 12 | It took us two turns through the arch before she decided . |
| 13 | Now watch this , as we go through the tack the sail is driving for most of the time just flapping briefly as the sail turns through the wind . |
| 14 | Turns past the familiar names . |
| 15 | Then he turns towards the wizened , worn-out figure of the 87-year-old woman sitting beside him and says : ‘ He is doing all right , there seems to be some response . |
| 16 | Then , after a pause , the G cell turns towards the head , while the C cell extends towards the tail ( see figure ) . |
| 17 | Fairfax turns towards the door . |
| 18 | Turns towards the horse and whispers in a language almost Hindi — eyes match eyes for kindliness . |
| 19 | There is space at the waterfall for parking or a picnic , and here cars must be turned for the journey back to Dent . |
| 20 | At last the tide has turned for the unsung aircraft of 1940 . |
| 21 | Rachid 's fortunes turned for the worse , and the marriage was affected . |
| 22 | She was hungry and sorry she 'd turned off the radio . |
| 23 | But by the time I had turned off the road from Bellingham at Kielder village and driven up the bumpy Forest Drive to East Kielder Farm , I was longing for the sight of something other than water and trees . |
| 24 | He is said to have once turned off the water supply to Newcastle — which he owned — when a local hotel refused to serve him a drink . |
| 25 | We had driven back to the village and had just turned off the road on to the In Salah track . |
| 26 | The room seemed to have gone dark , as if someone had turned off the lights , and she wondered if she might be going to faint . |
| 27 | It was as if someone had suddenly turned off the sound . |
| 28 | It reinforced his uneasiness , however , when she lit candles on the small dining-table and then turned off the only overhead electric light . |
| 29 | It is unique in that juniors come first , are welcomed at all times in and out of the club house , on and off of the courts and will never be turned off the courts by seniors . |
| 30 | This region was one of those most affected by the depopulation of villages and hamlets , several having recently been enclosed ; large numbers of poor in parts point to consequent loss of employment , although it is not clear whether people had actually been turned off the land or the townships had gradually contracted . |