Example sentences of "turned it [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 You turned it on but nothing is happening — blank screen , no whirring noise , no beeps , no flashing lights .
2 Instead , she turned it on so low that at first Tug could not make out anything except a faint crackling and hissing .
3 Still , I had an overseas news radio set and sometimes at dusk when I turned it on for the BBC overseas news , the light on its dial welcomed me like a beacon from home .
4 Tabitha went over and turned it on .
5 When I first turned it on , it reported a hard disk failure .
6 She turned it on .
7 I turned it on again .
8 She turned it on , blinking at the sudden harshness .
9 With less than conspicuous enthusiasm , he leaned forward for his microphone , turned it on , and began .
10 I shuffled into the room got out of the doorway and the light was turned on , I ca n't remember with whether I turned it on or whether P C turned it on .
11 I shuffled into the room got out of the doorway and the light was turned on , I ca n't remember with whether I turned it on or whether P C turned it on .
12 Have you just turned it on now ?
13 Sunderland turned it on to win 3–0 against Ipswich and end their dismal sequence of five league defeats but Crosby expects an entirely different type of game against a side battling desperately for survival .
14 Terri turned it on .
15 I turned it on while you were there then and I did n't know who the hell it was !
16 no I did n't se I watched football and then I turned in the interval I t turned it on to and er
17 He turned it over carefully , puzzling it out .
18 Slowly she turned it over .
19 ‘ If you turned it over , ’ said Pat , ‘ you might be able to slide it . ’
20 Sandison took the hat and turned it over in his hands .
21 I turned it over to the studio and went to work on The Roots of Heaven , and apparently John Wayne took over after I left .
22 He turned it over .
23 You turned it over ? ’
24 Jon Gittens ' over-hit back pass was dipping under the bar until quick-thinking Pears turned it over with a neatly executed back header .
25 Masklin picked the Thing up and turned it over and over in his hands .
26 A little later , Emily was looking through her accounts and came across a bill for French calf ; thoughtfully , she turned it over in her hands , Hari would need to buy the calf too and the usual practice was to pay for it at the end of the month .
27 On February 1 , 1941 Yamamoto showed his plan to Rear Admiral Takijiro Onishi , Chief of Staff of the 11th Air Fleet , he turned it over for study to his most able commander , Minoru Genda .
28 Laidlaw glanced at it , turned it over , and was about to discard it when he saw the handwritten note scrawled across it .
29 Jill turned it over .
30 It was his protector , his charm , you know , he touched it , turned it over in his pocket when he saw an omen .
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