Example sentences of "turn [adv prt] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The European leader is a water company , Generale des Eaux , whose solid-waste business in France turns over some $600m a year . |
| 2 | There was a certain struggling fury that went with being jobless , and persevering , and being turned down that was different from simply being jobless . |
| 3 | Mr Clarke said his office tried ‘ several times ’ to arrange a meeting , four months before the bombshell announcement that 31 pits were to close with the loss of 30,000 jobs , but was turned down each time . |
| 4 | They 've turned down several lucrative offers to reform in the past , but feel that now is the time for fans outside London to get a chance to see them in the flesh . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ And I have never turned down any woman for a job on the grounds that she might go and get married , or have a baby , thus necessitating six months ’ paid maternity leave . ’ |
| 6 | Skipper Adams was equally guarded , but said : ‘ We 're playing good football and we have n't been turned over this season . |
| 7 | And he 's he 's turned over this and just gon na slap one on me and I 've turned my head and gone like that and he 's fucking caught me right on the fucking lips ! |
| 8 | Dawn Allenby , a masochist if ever there was one , should have prostrated herself at the feet of Desmond Fairchild , a sadist in a trilby hat worn with the brim turned up all the way round like vaudeville comic . |
| 9 | You had a choice of an eight or a three I had two jacks and a king you chose the three , the two turned up that would 've given you eight and a but you picked the three so that 'll give you more in the box as well an three hit your three hit your hand as well so |
| 10 | Have we turned up any , Inspector ? ’ |
| 11 | Pawing through the new range has turned up some interesting items . |
| 12 | On the third evening of his stay , for instance , a couple of the wilder sons of the local gentry had turned up half tipsy from their celebrations following a squirrel hunt . |
| 13 | By 1889 , DWEC boasted that more than 12,600 wagons had been made on the site , and 30 new ones were being turned out each week . |
| 14 | There might have been considerable constitutional difficulties if it had turned out that , for the last 10 years , Britain had been ruled by a Martian , or a robot , or a vampire . |
| 15 | Only the nearness of the Frolic had saved her from being turned out that disastrous night . |
| 16 | It has not turned out that way , of course . |
| 17 | So far chemical methods had failed to produce purification , and it had also turned out that matter precipitated from dirty water would not make fertilizer of great value . |
| 18 | I mean let's be honest if we all turned out that 's five and if the rest of the Executive Committee turned out that would virtually take it up to ten we would n't be looking for many more after that |
| 19 | I mean in the past in has always turned out that what people have thought to be elementary turns out never to be elementary . |
| 20 | Here the Croydon Aircraft Company has already turned out several ‘ remanufactured ’ DH-82As and has another half dozen Moths , including a Fox Moth , coming along the production line . |
| 21 | Just sorry it has turned out this way . ’ |
| 22 | ANIMAL FARM THE TRON , GLASGOW IF , instead of the devious and callous Napoleon , animals purer in spirit but less imaginative had led the revolutionary masses of Manor Farm , would events down on the farm have turned out any better ? |
| 23 | back issues have turned out some previous lectures but you can pick them up afterwards rather than now . |
| 24 | My muddled mind smiled vaguely at the idea of Moses turning down such a long-running client . |
| 25 | The band had a policy of not turning down any gig offer , regardless of whether playing it would be profitable . |
| 26 | What Catriona had to hide was that she hated turning down any gift from Patrice , who was the best waitress in the place , as well as the nicest . |
| 27 | I wo n't be a party to turning down any more of these good fellows . " |
| 28 | They had articulate and powerful protectors — Ingard 's own application to develop the land had been turned down , and the planning authorities were wholly capable of turning down any other application they might not like . |
| 29 | Plans had to be put on hold when the Royal National Theatre decided to stage The Miser in London but the actor was keen enough on the project to commit himself to the project months ahead and risk turning down more lucrative work . |
| 30 | She turned down all invites to parties , determined to spend every waking minute with her tiny bundle of love . |