Example sentences of "[pers pn] turn the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I turned the key in the door and crept in . |
| 2 | I turned the pages ; but the top of the pew in front of me , upon which I was balancing the book , was narrow and my fingers cold . |
| 3 | ‘ I caught it in the banisters as I turned the corner , ’ I lied . |
| 4 | Some of the boys followed and we went down into the basement and I turned the phonograph on as loud as it would play . |
| 5 | I turned the boat into the first drift and bent down to pick up the rods . |
| 6 | I turned the car round and headed home . |
| 7 | ‘ As I turned the corner I saw the flag flying at half-mast and the meaning of it came like a flash . ’ |
| 8 | With just a hope that both locks opened to the same sesame , I turned the wheels to one-five-one and tried it . |
| 9 | I turned the switch and I regret to inform you that out of the loudspeaker came a lot of old Irishmen singing maudlin songs . |
| 10 | ‘ Forty marked the moment when I turned the magnifying side of my make-up mirror to the wall ’ |
| 11 | They stopped , and I turned the plane round . |
| 12 | I turned the wheel a fraction , waiting for her . |
| 13 | Then I heard a voice call me to come in so I turned the door knob and entered . |
| 14 | I must have done something stupid which caused a jam and I turned the knob to ‘ Carriage Release ’ and removed the carriage . |
| 15 | With the help of one of the policemen I turned the man over . |
| 16 | I 'd passed that fella on the road an' when I looked back she was talking to him ; then when I turned the cart into the alley the next minute , she was flying past , almost throwing the child at me . |
| 17 | Once the legs were jointed I turned the leg and stretcher assembly upside down on to the bottom of the seat and from this I could mark the centres to be drilled and set the bevels to repeat the process . |
| 18 | If I turned the job down , I was to keep my mouth shut . ’ |
| 19 | I turned the page sideways to catch the blurred blue print headed ‘ 4 a.m. special ’ — |
| 20 | As I turned the corner , chicken and peasant grew limp together , one in triumph , the other in defeat . |
| 21 | I turned the handle gently and opened the door . |
| 22 | Toby had never offered to read me any of his work ; but now I had a sudden longing to know whether or not he could really write I turned the page over . |
| 23 | I turned the cab back , deciding to breakfast somewhere and wait until I could speak to Miss Grey … |
| 24 | It 's funny , when I read your notice in the magazine , I turned the page and I thought , wait a minute , I 'm a teenage mother . |
| 25 | I turned the horses round , kept them on the headland and did n't drill any more that day . |
| 26 | I turned the light on , sorted through the keys for one that looked like it might match the door to the cellar . |
| 27 | I turned the page . |
| 28 | I turned the page . |
| 29 | I turned the page . |
| 30 | I turned the key in the lock . |