Example sentences of "[noun sg] turn [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To discover the electron is rather different from discovering the kangaroo , because it is a theoretical entity inferred from certain abstruse experiments ; and Thomson 's apparently crucial experiment turned out in the twentieth century not to be so . |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | The poem is thus curiously " displaced " , a late Victorian work turning up in the crisp 1930s , the Auden decade . |
| 4 | Ant : You do n't like school discos " cos your mum turned up at the last one at nine o'clock to take you home , and Fungus announced it over the mike . |
| 5 | And Hoddle 's Heroes … a town turns out for the big salute . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | A large enzyme pool turning over at the same rate as a small one would produce more new enzyme , which would result in a greater amount of enzyme being available for secretion . |
| 8 | The most common type of star in the Galaxy turns out to the humble red dwarf . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |