Example sentences of "turned [adv prt] in [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sat looking at me , his mouth turned down in a bitter line . |
| 2 | All the things which I had feared turned up in a relentless progression . |
| 3 | His lips turned up in a terrible parody of a smile . |
| 4 | His lips turned up in a self-satisfied smile . |
| 5 | They were fascinated by the arrivals : Peter Fonda turned up in a huge sheepskin coat and carrying an ivory-handled .44–40 , which had once belonged to Tom Mix . |
| 6 | or they came by something where somebody turned up in a little van that was n't a Post Office van and I had to sign . |
| 7 | You 're the strange one who turned up in a top hat . |
| 8 | He was n't allowed to work that day , so people turned up in a white shirt and tie and looking smart , they had to wear uniforms even a cap but unfortunately nowadays , although a lot of the I have seen quite a few people their uniform has changed since I left , but erm they do come to work in very very casual work now . |
| 9 | ‘ You thought that if you turned up in the smart suit and with the laser-beam smile you 'd wow them into panting agreement ? ’ |
| 10 | One of the locomotives ( No 73123 ) was named Gatwick Express and turned out in a new livery to match the refurbished Mark 2 stock . |
| 11 | To discover the electron is rather different from discovering the kangaroo , because it is a theoretical entity inferred from certain abstruse experiments ; and Thomson 's apparently crucial experiment turned out in the twentieth century not to be so . |
| 12 | Despite the myths which surround the Act , it turned out in the long term to be quite efficient and reasonably humane , but the threat of transition sparked off another series of troubles in Sussex , the last concerted fling of desperation . |
| 13 | It was little Tero , turned out in the same paddock , offering silent sympathy . |