Example sentences of "were [adv] turned [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As ‘ real polises ’ we were correctly distributed in space and our bodies were properly turned out with the symbols of order . |
| 2 | After washing , twist taps were not turned off with the paper towel ; and where elbow taps were available , they were used properly only four times ; and when disposing of the paper towel in foot-operated pedal bins , nurses used their hands to open and close the bins . |
| 3 | The dismissals were announced the day after Girija Prasad Koirala , the general secretary of the Nepali Congress Party , had delivered a message to the King warning him that unless substantial powers were quickly turned over to the new government , crowds would be called back on to the streets of Kathmandu . |
| 4 | It was held , appropriately , on the first day of Michaelmas when , in medieval times , pigs were traditionally turned out into the woods to fatten up on acorns . |
| 5 | Subsequently , the collars were fully turned down to the conventional collar of today , while the cravats were transformed into bow-ties . |
| 6 | Striped deck chairs had gone from the long , grey stretch of shingle below the Promenade , and the fairy-lights that spiralled around the white lampposts were never turned on after the beginning of October for reasons of economy . |