Example sentences of "turn [adv prt] like " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is nipples which are turned in like a crater , or which do not stick up by at least half a centimetre when gently pinched between thumb and forefinger from just beyond the base . |
| 2 | In an open society , racism can not be turned off like a light . |
| 3 | The bombers could be brought down or exploded in the air by Surface-to-Air Missiles and SAMS were being turned out like sausages , according to Khrushchev , in order to ring Moscow and other cities . |
| 4 | It had not turned out like that . |
| 5 | But events need not have turned out like that . |
| 6 | ‘ I would release her but it 's important to keep her happy , although I 'm sorry it 's turned out like this . ’ |
| 7 | It 's er it 's like made of blackthorn and the upper part of it 's all little knobbly and a head like a a head turned in like a h like the head of an a of a bird . |
| 8 | Is n't it wonderful , darling , Miss Rossignol turning up like this ? ’ |
| 9 | Beryl was restless and apprehensive , trying hard to find firm ground , and Mark Garland turning up like that had upset her . |
| 10 | Turning up like the proverbial bad penny , acting for all the world like the Mountie who always got his man — or , in her case , woman . |
| 11 | ‘ He 'd get shot if he turned up like that in England . ’ |
| 12 | Oh she borrowed it , and a bonnet and a white flowers an all and Joan turned up like a a twenty five year old Victorian fashion model you should have seen her ! |
| 13 | I can see Mark Underwood turning out like that . |
| 14 | We do have the Wolfe report but unfortunately not for the want of effort , the Wolfe report is turning out like the Black report and others and I do n't say that because there was a gentleman who done a report Black and it is gathering dust , the Wolfe report is on the same shelf , I believe . |
| 15 | and he had all the boys pretty well turned out like that , cos that 's another brother who used to come with the mail with the wooden hand |
| 16 | so he said I did , I tried to make some in microwave and he says it turned out like sludge |
| 17 | And me turning about like a drowning fish in a mesh of shadows drawing round . |
| 18 | You 're meant either to run a mile , or else collapse back happily : oh yes , if she turns out like that , I can more than handle it . |
| 19 | Sam and Eric are captured by Jack and the whole thing turns out like a very gruesome game of Cowboys and Indians where Jack and his gang are painted like Indians losing their identity and are out to capture and kill Ralph . |
| 20 | We 'll put that in the fridge and see what that turns out like |
| 21 | ‘ You 're not suggesting I turn up like Lady Godiva ? |
| 22 | I mean , it almost seems as if things were meant to turn out like this what do you think ? ’ |
| 23 | I never intended it to turn out like that . |
| 24 | ‘ Did he expect you to turn out like William ? ’ |
| 25 | I appreciate that 's a useful way to discuss it , but let's not imagine it 's necessarily going to turn out like that . |
| 26 | ‘ You know I would if I 'd thought it was going to turn out like this ! |
| 27 | ‘ Some co-productions turn out like badly-mixed cocktails . ’ |
| 28 | It remains to be seen whether they turn out like ‘ hunting the gowk . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Men always turn out like that in my life the ones I 'm interested in . |
| 30 | If you 're dragged up , it 's only natural the children turn out like that . |