Example sentences of "turn round [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The engine was started up , revving violently as the car was turned round on the narrow road . |
| 2 | The disorganized nature of catholic — nationalist politics was only turned round with the emergence of the civil rights movement of 1968 and the subsequent forming of the SDLP in 1970 . |
| 3 | The van , which had Vermstroy Pest Control Ltd , Ipswich and Nunes , painted on its side , was turning round on the open area in front of the garage . |
| 4 | He gave a squeal of delight , turning round on the spot and throwing his little arms around her . |
| 5 | So did he , turning round at the sound of my entrance . |
| 6 | The first sailing from the port after midnight on the New Year was taken as the official start of the Single Market ; the first piece of freight on board was actually an unidentified light van and trailer — the driver no doubt blissfully unaware that he had made history — which , along with several vehicles turning round from the inbound convoy , sneaked back on board the 01.00 return sailing of the Pride of Kent while the official welcoming party was still in progress at the other end of the port . |
| 7 | ‘ Philip , ’ said his Mum , turning round in the car so she could see him , ‘ Joyce is asking if you 'd like to stop here with Barry instead of coming back to work with me . ’ |
| 8 | He turned round at the corner of Queen Charlotte 's Alley to look back . |
| 9 | Cal turned round for the first time and stared at Vern . |
| 10 | We will have words for you in a minute , ’ and he turned round to the crowd . |
| 11 | Oh I do n't , I just , I remember that er if you walked down er Road at night you 'd see him with his mortar board on and his curate by his side coming down to post the letters , and then when all these ladies were in Sammy shop one night being entertained by Sammy erm Father and his curate went by , and old Sammy turned round to the audience and said well if dressing up will get him anywhere they 'll be on the first row in heaven . |
| 12 | This " trusted friend " ( until it turned round on the sufferer : there is a Chinese saying " First man takes drink , then drink takes drink , then drink takes man " ) was the only known method of suppressing unpleasant feelings and , although maybe no longer trusted , is nonetheless sadly missed . |
| 13 | But then it turned round towards the open stable door and went back to its place in the darkness , |
| 14 | At this she cut herself a narrow wedge from the pie , and when her mother turned round from the oven and looked at her plate , she remarked , ‘ You wo n't get fat on that . |
| 15 | I should have realised that from the fact that Micky said ‘ Oh Lord ’ — an expression , incidentally , that was n't in the script of the play and that he had never used in his life — before he turned round from the Hooded Owl and looked into the wings . |
| 16 | I turned round in the tent mouth and sat down with my feet outside to take off my boots . |
| 17 | She took off her clothes and turned round in the moonlight . |
| 18 | So good am I that I turn round on the runners to photograph Tony . |
| 19 | Yes I think that 's the sort of thing when you 're a defender the goalkeeper s the goalkeeper 's almost on it but if you 're not sure you get rid of the thing and then say turn round to the keeper sorry pall but I 'm playing safe . |
| 20 | That as it were milkman 's stool with three legs and each of them has a certain amount of power and it is a question of the adjustment of that power and it is not the of the power to my Right Honourable Friend , the Home Secretary and yet when things go wrong , and they do , in police forces and in local auth police authorities , what happens , people turn round to the Home Secretary and say what are you going to do about it . |
| 21 | When I think of my past blunders here , I want to turn round at the airport and catch the next plane home . |
| 22 | It took me all my self-control not to turn round from the job I was doing until she had stopped and was ready for applause . |
| 23 | Sh and she really , and she makes me laugh when she said , talking to someone and when they start working again she turns round to the next person at the other side of her ! |
| 24 | Which way shall I turn round for the fringe ? |
| 25 | Cal did n't turn round from the front seat , but Mrs Fry said , ‘ We could n't go on playing Scrabble in the rain when we knew you 'd gone off like that , and your parents sounded so dreadful on the phone . |