Example sentences of "[pron] turn [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I turned round in the tent mouth and sat down with my feet outside to take off my boots . |
| 2 | I turned up at the Comedy Store here in London one night , petrified , because in those days it was a pretty testing place with a drunk , unruly audience . |
| 3 | When I turned up at the theatre and Terry and I got changed next to each other , I frequently made a point of saying to him , ‘ Well , Terry , has the call come yet ? |
| 4 | But when I turned up at the hospital they put me on call and I was called to Casualty to anaesthetise a man . |
| 5 | ‘ There was the time I turned up at the Arts Lab ( first and last time ) to see the Dylan film and could n't afford it . |
| 6 | ‘ I turned up at the party pretty much at the start , I think , around a quarter to nine . |
| 7 | Asked about his first day , Terry said : ‘ I was stunned when I turned up on the Monday only to be confronted with the aftermath of the weekend fire . |
| 8 | ‘ I turned up for the interview , amid all these Bond beauties , in my tight black jersey dress on a really hot day , with false nails and false eyelashes sliding down my face , ’ Julie recalls with a smile . |
| 9 | I turned off to the right through the row of trees , and just as I was meandering past thy rhododendrons I shouted , ‘ Hell and damnation ! ’ |
| 10 | I turned off to the right . |
| 11 | But this was an A-road and I wanted to keep mainly to the minor routes , so half-way up I turned off behind the Ponderosa Cafe and joined the Old Horseshoe Pass . |
| 12 | I turned back towards the crowd . |
| 13 | Frightened , I turned back towards the boats , but the figure appeared again and moved with the speed of an animal . |
| 14 | I turned back to the phone . |
| 15 | I turned back to the harbour to wait for him to go away . |
| 16 | I looked round very carefully but could see nothing , so I turned back on the tail of the nearest Hun , who was chasing some Hurricanes in front of him . |
| 17 | After crossing several fields I turned down to the right to follow a metalled road for a while until I reached the first real treat of the day , the Roman road . |
| 18 | I turn up on the set with twenty pages of notes . |
| 19 | So good am I that I turn round on the runners to photograph Tony . |
| 20 | I turn back to the path ; before me , a bright full moon seals Amantani 's late gift . |
| 21 | I turn back to the guy in the armchair . |
| 22 | As I turn in to the book of Genesis I read there of God coming to Abraham , and saying to Abraham , that Abraham in your family all the nations of the world are gon na be blessed ! |
| 23 | Which way shall I turn round for the fringe ? |
| 24 | Almost opposite this is a road which turns off to the right down to Rabaçal ( 64km ) at a height of 1,070m . |
| 25 | At the 8th , which turned back against the wind , his hook was accentuated and cost him strokes . |
| 26 | Jotan indicated the second staircase , a precipitous exit which turned back from the landing and passed through the wall against which the props for the staging were supported . |
| 27 | which turn up in the window seat . |
| 28 | Although she turns up for the interview her customary peaked-capped urchin self , she is worried that her feminist interpreters will consider her video a sell-out . |
| 29 | God help the feller who turns up at the factory to work in silk knickers under his overalls , but at Christmas , of course , on a stage , of course , it 's all perfectly all right . |
| 30 | The railway will be operating as normal and anyone who turns up on the day can join in the fun . |