Example sentences of "turned [adv] [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They demanded bracket construction for the overhead wires , but this was turned down for the same reasons as those in Mitcham . |
| 2 | However , when Bernard applied for planning permission to build a factory on the site he was turned down by the local highways department . |
| 3 | She had turned away from the food-processing factories and chemical plants spewing bilious yellow smoke to gaze towards the east , to the mouth of the Estuary where the river ran out into the North Sea . |
| 4 | A number of vessels were turned away in the following days . |
| 5 | One half has then to be turned over before the two halves are trimmed and married up . |
| 6 | Many of these buyers are turned off by the sleek lines and road-sensitive ride of classy European marques such as BMW and Mercedes-Benz . |
| 7 | Outraged leaders in Turkey have turned angrily on the German authorities . |
| 8 | Ships were carved from the blighted forests with supernatural speed , and raiders moved as far as the Isle of the Dead before being turned back by the warding spells . |