Example sentences of "we turned the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we turned the mattress over and got in bed ! |
| 2 | But , of course , she would have noticed so I told her and we turned the scoop to our advantage . |
| 3 | We turned the conversation to a local politician . |
| 4 | We do n't , we turned the valve off , we take a bunch of newspapers and put it on top of the bricks , then we light the newspaper , then we go back and turn the valve on and let this hundred octane mixture of oil drip on the bricks and it would burn . |
| 5 | As we turned the corner Mel was ambling up out of an underground car park — he 'd been parking his Rolls-Royce or something . |
| 6 | I saw an open shed stacked with timber , graded according to its thickness , and then , as we turned the flint gable , there was Laura crouched before the kiln in a muddle of faggots and fire-irons , her rump in the air , legs bare beneath the sawn-off fringes of her denim shorts , wearing a blue-grey sleeveless T-shirt that had ridden up around her waist . |
| 7 | We turned the body over . |
| 8 | We turned the light on The room was full of funny little animals whizzing all over the floor . |
| 9 | As we turned the comer , passing the guy [ who had earlier sworn at the police ] , [ PC. 2. ] said , |