Example sentences of "[adv] turn [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For these people , the last word in radical chic is Brut Soap-on-a-Rope ; they dress as though they have stepped straight from the pages of a Seventies mail-order catalogue ; they consider a good night out to be crowding into the only working public telephone box , and , hyperventilating in their over-excitement , taking it in turns to listen to the talking clock . |
| 2 | We had to take it in turns to sleep on the floor . |
| 3 | Arrangements were also made for two firemen to take it in turns to sleep on the premises and instructions were given to these men to go all round the shops after the Works are closed and ‘ inspect every hole and corner to see if there is any sign of fire and afterwards to sleep on the premises so as to be ready in case of accident ’ . |
| 4 | This was followed by a solo T.4 trip before a pre-solo dual check in the PR.3 — with first the student and then the QFI taking it in turns to quiver on the rumble seat ! |
| 5 | They passed the hill , but she did not turn to look at the graveyard . |
| 6 | He stared at the house for a long moment , then turned to lean on the gate and gaze down the hillside . |
| 7 | Ratagan belched , raised his mug to the other customers , then turned to lean on the bar again . |
| 8 | Bicker stared at Finnan for a long moment , then turned to take in the rest of the company . |
| 9 | He stopped in his tracks , scanned the window opposite for some minutes , then turned to walk into the building much more slowly and thoughtfully than before . |
| 10 | McIllvanney said angrily , then turned to look at the yard where a silver-grey stretch limo , its windows tinted black against the sun , rolled ponderously to park beside the stairs to his office . |
| 11 | She stretched with remembered delight , then turned to look at the man lying so quietly next to her . |
| 12 | She half turned to look at the figure beside her and this proved a near fatal mistake . |