Example sentences of "to turn [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shilton dived to turn behind a deflected drive from Robert Warzycha ; and clawed away a devilishly unexpected chip from Piotr Czachowski . |
| 2 | Fire engines were called by neighbours to Spencer Beck House , Middlesbrough , which threatened to turn into a towering inferno after Peter Crook and Martin Davies set fire to a ground floor flat . |
| 3 | Innocent did not want the recognition of Frederick II to turn into a full-scale debate on the imperial title ( which Siegfried 's interruption threatened ) , though he was careful to allow Otto 's party to be heard in what was rapidly becoming a shouting-match between Otto 's supporters and Frederick 's representatives . |
| 4 | He seemed to turn into an old man before his time . ’ |
| 5 | The ‘ twin pillars ’ of Mr Teicher 's title are Saudi Arabia and the shah 's Iran , the two countries America once thought to turn into the pro-western policemen of the Gulf . |
| 6 | The rats have to turn in a certain direction in a T-maze in order not to be electrically shocked or in order to be fed . |
| 7 | Later that summer I was able to turn in a similar review of the main performance of the Sels Floto Circus . |
| 8 | If nothing else it will give the landladies of Aldeburgh a chance to turn in an honest penny at a time when holidaymakers are few and far between in Suffolk . |
| 9 | The game was being played at furious pace and it was Richardson who was put to the test when he dived to turn round a long drive from Darlington in the thirty eighth minute . |
| 10 | Truthfulness and openness without fear of the consequences is a most difficult trick to turn within a large group of people . |
| 11 | After the alarms of the last hour or so , Hoomey , Bean and Jazz were relieved to turn to the calming chores of mucking out and filling haynets . |
| 12 | Again , Diana was forced to turn to the small group of friends she regards as unofficial advisers . |
| 13 | It is time to turn to the turbulent scene of public examinations as they now are . |
| 14 | Katy chose to turn to the mysterious art of chinese herbal medicine . |
| 15 | Katy chose to turn to the mysterious art of chinese herbal medicine . |
| 16 | Katy chose to turn to the mysterious art of chinese herbal medicine . |
| 17 | Katy chose to turn to the mysterious art of chinese herbal medicine . |
| 18 | Katy chose to turn to the mysterious art of chinese herbal medicine . |
| 19 | Katy chose to turn to the mysterious art of chinese herbal medicine . |
| 20 | Johnny had another couple of seasons as a player , but he retired after a nasty fractured cheekbone and broken jaw early in 1962–63 , only to turn to the commercial side of the game and build a new and successful career there . |
| 21 | Now of course at this point , with many singers , one would have to change key , go into the minor , and report that , though this may have been the vocal prime , interpretative maturity still lay in the future , and that for artistic satisfaction one would have to turn to the well-known recordings of later years . |
| 22 | At this point in the narrative we need to turn to the remarkable Register concerning the imperial question ( Regestum super negotio Romani imperii or RNI ) , a secret register opened by the papal curia between August and September 1199 , but containing entries going back to 3 May . |
| 23 | Awkward or not , it is time for the government to turn to the neglected task of redefinition . |
| 24 | It is usually easier , however , to turn to an early volume of the Victoria County History of England ( in counties which have been covered by that enterprise ) , where all the nineteenth-century data are listed in tabular form . |
| 25 | This proved futile , and when I decided eventually to rise , it was still so dark that I was obliged to turn on the electric light in order to shave at the sink in the corner . |