Example sentences of "[noun sg] turn [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sat looking at me , his mouth turned down in a bitter line . |
| 2 | Well away from the motorway now , each new place quickly gave way to further forest and , just as Jenna was beginning to be lulled into a strange peace by the dappled sunlight of the place , the soothing green of nature , the car turned on to a narrow road and began to climb steadily . |
| 3 | Having said that , does n't every club turn up for the wrong match on the right day at least once or twice a season ? |
| 4 | The poem is thus curiously " displaced " , a late Victorian work turning up in the crisp 1930s , the Auden decade . |
| 5 | With the scum being really lucky getting a draw from a good Norwich side , it seemed on the radio at least that Norwich had at least one decent penalty decision turned down from a spineless and gutless referee . |
| 6 | And Hoddle 's Heroes … a town turns out for the big salute . |
| 7 | By the time he got to the ice-cream he was too weary to eat , so he downed the bourbon — which instantly took its toll — and retired to bed , leaving the television on in the next room , its sound turned down to a soporific burble . |
| 8 | The advent of war was not seen by Unionists as a need to turn back to a conventional patriotism , for Unionists had never doubted the patriotism of their previous stance . |
| 9 | And Gordon 's use of the melodramatic ( a vital dose of vanishingly scarce penicillin to treat a key character turns up at a crucial time ) is disappointing alongside the excellence of his writing elsewhere . |
| 10 | Then , late in the evening , my new friend turned up with a little white pill for each of us . |
| 11 | Later the same day Douglas , Duke of Hamilton — frustrated past belief turned up at the Foreign Office in London and informed them that he was seeking an urgent audience with the King . |
| 12 | PUPILS , parents and friends of Ellesmere Port Catholic High School turned out on a stormy evening , to make a recording for BBC Radio Merseyside 's regular Sunday morning programme , United in Song . |
| 13 | The most common type of star in the Galaxy turns out to the humble red dwarf . |
| 14 | ‘ When my kid brother turns up with a blonde blue-eyed actress on his arm , and apparently engaged , I 'm naturally inclined to think the worst , ’ he told her , scarcely moving his lips . |
| 15 | Victorine was confused by the tale Baptiste had told her just now when he and his mother turned up at the back door with Léonie 's sandal and an armful of bread . |
| 16 | It was only as we were doing this and grinning inanely at each other that I noticed the red Transit van turning out of the other end of the street . |