Example sentences of "turning [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought my form had been good enough throughout the year to warrant selection , but there is always that niggling doubt , especially as I had angered Frank Dick by not turning up for a relay practice at Loughborough where he was engaged in running the annual Summer School for athletics . |
| 2 | Hundreds were able to pay their respects and express their condolences by turning up at a charity rugby match at Shiplake College , Berkshire , in aid of the Charlotte Starmer-Smith Memorial Fund which aims to purchase medical equipment for the treatment of blood diseases . |
| 3 | At a Labour conference you get Gerry Adams turning up at a fringe meeting , and he the leader of Sinn Fein , which is cousin to the IRA , which in 1984 , in this same town , blew up the Grand Hotel in an attempt to murder the Prime Minister and Cabinet . |
| 4 | Cook slightly before turning out onto a wire rack . |
| 5 | Mason weighed in at 17st 103 4 lb for Biggs , heavier by 10lb than ever before , and attributes this to a groin injury sustained when turning out in a charity football match . |
| 6 | His face was open and honest and smiled readily , the generous mouth turning upwards into a handlebar moustache . |