Example sentences of "and turned a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Tossed and turned a bit . ’ |
| 2 | Or — and something came apart in his stomach and turned a revolution and plummeted downwards — were they all politely and patiently waiting with well-controlled longing because it would not be too long now before they could get home and carry on with the lives they preferred without him ? |
| 3 | In two strides the Trunchbull was beside him , and by some amazing gymnastic trick , it may have been judo or karate , she flipped the back of Wilfred 's legs with one of her feet so that the boy shot up off the ground and turned a somersault in the air . |
| 4 | The man stepped in and turned a key in a slot marked ‘ Security ’ , then pressed a button . |
| 5 | They passed a bicycle shop and a cobbler 's and turned a corner into the main street . |
| 6 | I walked along the passage and turned a corner . |
| 7 | Both remained state-owned , but SJ slashed staff and turned a loss on service provision into profit . |
| 8 | The young man suddenly seemed to shrink into himself , and turned a face imprinted with fear towards Montgomery . |
| 9 | Richard cleared his throat dryly and turned a page of his novel . |
| 10 | Now , ’ Hassan licked a forefinger and turned a page of his notebook , ‘ you are no doubt aware that Madame Lavender has shown considerable hostility towards Monsieur Erdle on a number of occasions ? ’ |
| 11 | He sighed and turned a page . |
| 12 | But the Moat House International has increased its markt share , reduced a traditionally high staff turnover to 8 per cent ( the hotel has 145 staff covering 240 rooms ) and turned an average of 40 compliments to 60 complaints into 82 per cent compliments to 18 per cent complaints . |