Example sentences of "turned [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Chris came out they turned away down a side street and Chris said immediately , ‘ I knew you were Maureen 's brother as soon as I saw you . |
| 2 | A short distance south of Trondheim we turned off down a side road to find a quiet spot for lunch , and in a grove of trees we saw redwing , fieldfare and chaffinch feeding young while siskin , blackcap , chiffchaff and willow warbler were singing all around us . |
| 3 | In the qualifying stages they were drawn against Finland and Norway and staggered unconvincingly towards the finals , after only 13 members of the pool turned up for a training session at Ayr before the vital away match in Oslo . |
| 4 | The parents paraded with placards outside the Forest of Dean District Council offices as members turned up for a planning meeting . |
| 5 | I learnt this lesson the hard way : I turned up for a dinner party having remembered everything for the baby , even flowers for the hostess , and then the baby was sick all over my lovely silk skirt ! |
| 6 | HUNDREDS of young fans were left disappointed after they turned up at a video store to meet Arnold Schwarzenegger and found a lookalike instead . |
| 7 | Even John Major , who is a friend of Wigley 's , turned up at a Plaid party a few years ago . |
| 8 | In 1959 Dean Martin turned up in a Sinatra film , Some Come Running , having been wandering in the Hollywood wilderness since breaking up with his former screen buddy Jerry Lewis . |
| 9 | Corporal Philip Ainsworth and Lance Corporal Andrew Zolden turned up in a 27-tonne Foden six-wheeler capable of hauling a light battle tank with its remote-control crane . |
| 10 | When the controversial striker Maurice Johnston played for Celtic , he once turned out in a summer match wearing a long-sleeved strip . |
| 11 | The pedestrian only slipped off when the motorist turned sharply into a side street , flinging him to the ground . |
| 12 | It could n't go forward , but reversed slowly down the lane , turned around in a field gateway and headed back to the main road . |