Example sentences of "turn in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The octagonal section allows easy mortising , and is turned in the middle . |
| 2 | Suddenly she heard the familiar sound of the key being turned in the front door Alison came in . |
| 3 | In August 1916 , a car of this class was fitted with large hoops over the ends of the upper deck to protect passengers from being struck by the trolley pole when being turned in the blackout or from a broken spring . |
| 4 | He switched off the engine , then turned in the driving seat to face Vologsky . |
| 5 | Even while Dick was lowering Martin to the ground , he had his head turned in the direction of the dark blur standing out against the night and it was only a matter of seconds before he raised himself and his gun towards it . |
| 6 | Although Darwin had turned in the right direction , he could do very little with mind and culture during his lifetime for the same reason that he was helpless before the mysteries of heredity : the basic information and modes of thought were lacking to produce the stable foundation which he correctly viewed as essential . |
| 7 | Although the Mob does n't move , individual models may be turned in the ranks in order to shoot at their target . |
| 8 | Her vowels turned in the syrup of her West Country accent . |
| 9 | The key firmly turned in the lock ( ‘ She 's for ever wanting in — to dust her little bits of this and that … ’ ) , we sat over our muffins , our toast , our cakes . |
| 10 | From now on the head is generally turned in the direction of the firm foot . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , fair-weather supporters tend to forget that no Athletico official gives less than 110 per cent to the club week in , Sundays off , and to think their heads could be turned in the hope of making financial personal gain is an insult . |
| 12 | ‘ But it is not fair that your remorse should be turned in the direction of seeking someone else to blame . ’ |
| 13 | The side of Edward Crumwallis that was most evident during such tête-à-têtes was the petty-minded , niggling side ( that side of his psychological profile that was seldom turned in the parents ' direction ) . |
| 14 | Instinctively he had turned in the opposite direction from the Eldorado block . |
| 15 | According to a report in the Neue Zurcher Zeitung of Jan. 10 , 1990 , the European Commission of Human Rights , to which plaintiffs turned in the first instance , had registered 1,445 cases brought by individuals or private organizations in 1989 ( a 40 per cent increase on the previous year ) . |
| 16 | So the very thing that was supposed to wake them up , the noise of the alarm bell , was turned in the dream into a wishful of now I can go on sleeping , okay there 's a bell , but it 's Sunday morning , you know , the bells are ringing , the church bells are ringing , I can go on sleeping , so they went on sleeping and they were late for the exam . |
| 17 | It wo n't be easy , not with the coffers bare and momentum now turned in the downward direction . |
| 18 | Isambard had halted and turned in the passage , frowning a little , in two minds whether to go back to him , but in the end he did not ; he merely waited for a little while , listening until the torrent of defiance had grown strangely shaken and softened with moments of entreaty . |
| 19 | The hours burned by on the green screen , and when they finally flopped in Lucy 's living room , sipping brandy , a key turned in the lock and in came the charmingly dishevelled one and only son . |
| 20 | After the treatment her hair shone like burnished copper from scalp to tip , such a beautiful shade of red that people turned in the street to stare as she passed by . |
| 21 | The SDLP turned in the best performance of any local party . |
| 22 | She turned in the doorway with a dazzling smile . |
| 23 | Having coded the behaviour , a simple pairwise correlation analysis for 50 variables gives a matrix of 1225 unique combinations to mull over : a psychological Rubik cube to be twisted and turned in the grim hope that some sort of pattern will emerge . |
| 24 | ‘ Once the Springboks tired , the tide turned in the second half . |
| 25 | She turned in the passage and called . |
| 26 | Luke turned in the kitchen doorway and said suddenly , ‘ Mum , you OK ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ But I … ’ and then the male turned in the air and presented his talons viciously towards Creggan . |
| 28 | He shivered and turned in the darkness towards his unknown companion . |
| 29 | He turned in the water , panicking for an instant , and Carey 's body got away from him . |
| 30 | He turned in the current , head singing , a knot of fire flaring in his chest . |