Example sentences of "turn [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It turns on to its side and as I cling on for dear life I hear a startled cry from Nathan . |
| 2 | Felicity turns on to her stomach . |
| 3 | Where the tracks turns right at the woods , walk ahead to the gap in the hedge where the path joins the Ridgeway ( 639 032 ) . |
| 4 | Back on the main road , it turns right at the junction in Gleann Beag , passing a complex of handsome farm buildings , and ascends a long incline where much-needed improvements have taken place . |
| 5 | At An Lochan Uaine the route leaves the main track , turns right at a post marked blue , climbs the hillside and contours along with views across the valley . |
| 6 | However , at the end of the film , the car driven by Mark ( Sean Connery ) drives right down to the end of the road , and instead of falling into the ( non-existent ) harbour , turns right into a previously unsuspected street or quay along its edge and disappears from view . |
| 7 | The genealogist who has traced his family tree as far back as is possible through the use of the civil registration records kept at St Catherine 's House , London , and local registry offices then turns naturally to the baptism , marriage and burial registers of the Church of England for the preceding generations . |
| 8 | When An Teallach passes from sight behind foothills , the road turns down to scenery of a very different character , to the beautiful trees and parklands of Dundonnell and vistas of sylvan charm . |
| 9 | Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 the NCC must offer a management agreement to any farmer on an SSSI whose application for an agricultural grant it turns down on conservation grounds . |
| 10 | Maccoby and Jacklin , authors of the standard review of psychological sex differences , note that even a study like their own , which finds mostly similarities , turns inexorably into a trait psychology ( 1974 : 3ff ) , centred on masculinity and femininity , and the differences between them . |
| 11 | A window that turns in upon the pane , |
| 12 | As the froth turns in from the sides and the coffee begins to rise in the pot , it is removed from the heat and a little is poured into each cup to distribute the froth . |
| 13 | The Christian achievement turns less on individual geniuses than in any other period of remotely comparable length in the history of this ever fermenting religion . |
| 14 | It is important to realise that the allege irreducibility of " greater than " and other similar relations to qualitative " properties turns entirely upon this assumption . |
| 15 | Another common instrumental justification of consent turns not on the benefits of consenting but on the benefit of being able to consent . |
| 16 | The wise dragon so captivates his maiden that she never even has a second for longing , that she turns not from him to stare out across the wide meadows and lakes of adolescence . |
| 17 | In Lakatos 's reply to Kuhn , all turns finally on a distinction between progressive and degenerating research programmes . |
| 18 | It follows that is not an objective number generated by considerations of overall balance in the labour market : its value turns critically on the political preferences of governments which are supposed to be in a position to define for themselves what unemployment rate will correspond to full employment and to be capable of action to achieve their newly defined objective . |
| 19 | A lane branches south-west from the top end of the buildings and at a right-angled corner turns away as a footpath to Clapham . |
| 20 | Steve Stairs turns away in triumph after forcing Ben Deighan 's cross over the line for Farnham 's winner against Cranleigh . |
| 21 | The chances are that the punters only know an error has been made if the drummer decides to smirk at the guitarist , or the guitarist turns away from the audience to have a good laugh at the keyboard player . |
| 22 | Vic Brown in John Schlesinger 's A Kind of Loving ( 1962 ) settles for telly-watching inanity within marriage , while Billy Liar in the same director 's 1963 film turns away from the girl who offers him the chance to fulfil his ambitions in London . |
| 23 | Other seem to be trying to assuage a guilt known only to themselves , and a few are out to keep Ali a player , a lure to those who might want to use his name in business ; though the marketplace turns away from billboards in decline . |
| 24 | If , in such a movement , the head meets a brighter light on one side than the other , the animal turns away from the brighter side . |
| 25 | Our faith turns away from the search for personal security , which we all instinctively seek when we feel threatened , and leads us to abandon ourselves to God alone . |
| 26 | As public taste develops an acceptance of such modern noise , public taste turns away from low tech , cheaply made musics ; one more factor in chipping away the importance of talent . |
| 27 | Synchronised football — Alton 's Dave Miller shows nice control as he turns away from his Fleetlands opponent . |
| 28 | When two cats are fighting and one is forced into submission , it often performs what is called ‘ cut-off ’ , where it turns away from its tormentor and shuts its eyes , trying to blot out the frightening image of its dominant rival . |
| 29 | ‘ You 're unreasonable , ’ he snarls , and turns away from her . |
| 30 | The leader then turns away from the children during which time they can advance . |