Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] turned [adv prt] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm turned on by the thought of making love to women . |
| 2 | I had thought I might stroll out towards the famous Liseberg Gardens , but I got no more than a couple of hundred yards before I was turned back by the pitiless downpour . |
| 3 | Baroness Thatcher too is an Oxford graduate , but when moves were made to confer an honorary degree on her in the nineteen eighties , she was turned down by the same people , amid stormy controversy . |
| 4 | When our dad died , we were turned out by the Bridgewater agent . |
| 5 | They were turned down by the Minister of Traffic and Waterways , Mrs Maij-Weggen , and it seemed that the idea , which was abandoned . |
| 6 | However , when Bernard applied for planning permission to build a factory on the site he was turned down by the local highways department . |
| 7 | He was turned down by the " Goldsmith Libel Fund " , an eccentric exercise in philanthropy which bankrolls plaintiffs of conservative persuasion ( notably Tory MPs ) who bring libel actions against media organisations perceived as left-wing ( eg the BBC ) . |