Example sentences of "[pron] turn [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing turns on the statutory definition of those words : it is sufficient to note that from 1988 onwards , governors have been bound to admit a minimum specified number of applicants . |
| 2 | Nothing turns on the procedure adopted in this case and it suffices to say that when , on 8 April 1992 , the matter came before Mr. Simon Goldblatt Q.C. , sitting as a deputy High Court judge , the application for an order under the Act of 1975 was made by those who are the defendants in the United States action and it was opposed by the Treasury Solicitor , although purists might perhaps have expected that any opposition would have been made by or on behalf of the Attorney-General , the objection being one taken on behalf of the Crown . |
| 3 | Nothing turns on the precise figures . |
| 4 | I turned towards the boar again . |
| 5 | I turned towards the voice and saw a slender young woman hurrying towards me . |
| 6 | I turned towards the voice to see a small dark number with gleaming black hair and flashing eyes to match . |
| 7 | Shep , almost on his knees , tail tucked well in , shot back into his kennel and I turned toward the farmhouse to wash my hands , |
| 8 | He was sitting in his jeep as I turned into the driveway . |
| 9 | I left Taff at the entrance to the farm and watched him as he continued along the road then , as he clambered up the grass bank and disappeared among the trees , I turned into the farm . |
| 10 | As Sergei went off to call his old friends , I turned into the lounge area where tea was being served , and found Surkov and Masha there . |
| 11 | A tribe of stray cats scattered as I turned into the yard where Ellen 's apartment lay . |
| 12 | As I turned into the street I felt conspicuous , to say the least , in a red Porsche and wished I was driving a ten-year-old Japanese saloon like most of those rusting away on both sides of the road . |
| 13 | It was eight-twenty when I hit Wilshire and a mile or so further on I turned into the Avenida San Vincente . |
| 14 | I turned into the boy with iron teeth |
| 15 | In one such mood I turned for the first time to Marcus Aurelius . |
| 16 | I turned on the parking lights and drove slowly forward . |
| 17 | So I turned on the TV to find the news , but they had n't found out who had been on board yet |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | I rolled out of bed at eight o'clock and went to the bathroom where I turned on the taps for a hot bath . |
| 20 | I turned on the smile . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | We were to do it from Friday to Friday but I turned on the tapes on , when was it |
| 23 | I turned at the door and said , ‘ Just write the truth , tuan Hans , that will be the message . ’ |
| 24 | Then I turned to the other side of the coin — the Civil War that might break out , even if Reunion were voted in by a majority and approved by the Dáil . |
| 25 | I turned to the arts page which , every day this week , contained interview-portraits of two festival writers . |
| 26 | I turned to the gang and waved them on with my hand . |
| 27 | I turned to the front of the book . |
| 28 | In the end I turned to the longbow of England . |
| 29 | So , I turned to the devil 's picking method — free-arm — and it sounds fine . |
| 30 | When I 'd completed this process I turned to the mirror to look at myself for a last time . |