Example sentences of "to turn [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it is possible simply to turn away and ignore , then try it , but if other small children or family members persist in making comments , smiling , and so on , then complete removal is necessary . |
| 2 | Tolkien too might think of the Norse legend of the ‘ Undying Lands ’ , the Odáinsakr : when King Hadding reached its boundary the witch who guided him killed a cock and threw it over the wall — a moment later he heard the cock crow before he himself had to turn away and go back to mortality . |
| 3 | One response is to turn away and say that research is difficult and irrelevant and so rely on practical experience and rules of thumb . |
| 4 | Suddenly the tears spurted out of Daisy 's eyes and she had to turn away and bury her face in Drew 's Land-Rover . |
| 5 | She turned towards Aggie , who had to turn away and look towards the fireplace . |
| 6 | To the novice first impressions may be chaotic , but the temptation to turn away and come back at some quieter time should be resisted . |
| 7 | You 'll have to turn over and try to get it out . ’ |
| 8 | So I have to turn over and take her in my arms . |
| 9 | You 'll find it hard to turn off and work colleagues will not be any help . |
| 10 | So nice that it would be quite awful if Mr Evans were to turn up and start shouting at him . |
| 11 | Erm all that remains is to say thank you all for taking the trouble to turn up and show an interest in the administration of the society . |
| 12 | If you 're right about him being involved in nefarious activities in Paris , he 's not likely to turn up and expose you . |
| 13 | So she knew where we lived , and I expected her to turn up and claim you . ’ |
| 14 | But how could I have explained my actions to Mum , having promised to turn up and see her ? |
| 15 | Advanced booking is strongly recommended , but for those who wish to turn up and take a chance of a lane being available we will do our best to accommodate you . |
| 16 | I understand that he wrote to all members of the Cabinet asking them to turn up and support him in the votes after previous debates on this project . |
| 17 | She 'll hang around the Earls Court guest house till then , waiting for me to turn up and whisk her out for a spaghetti . |
| 18 | Outraged by the police action , Scargill appeared on news bulletins later that day , calling for reinforcements to turn up and emulate the closure of Saltley . |
| 19 | Mr Kinnock also took the unusual step of appealing to all electors , whatever their political persuasion , to turn out and vote . |
| 20 | He also took the unusual step of appealing to all electors whatever their political persuasion to turn out and vote , a move that reflected unease among the party leadership that , with the polls showing a narrow Labour lead , its supporters might take victory for granted . |
| 21 | The candidates , all seven of them , are still canvassing hard but it is not conversions they really expect now , just promises to turn out and vote . |
| 22 | The opinion polls show the Socialists well in the lead , and their supporters are apparently twice as determined to turn out and vote on election day as New Democracy 's are . |
| 23 | He said of holy relics : ‘ England is almost the only country in the world where there is not some favourite religious spot where absurd lies , little bits of cloth , feathers , splinters , rusty nails and other invaluable relics are treasured up and in defence of which the whole population are willing to turn out and perish as one man . ’ |
| 24 | When they were asked to turn out and fight on behalf of king or queen and country , some regiments performed much better than others . |
| 25 | He began a slow and careful descent , stopping only once to turn back and whisper over the grumbling of the Darkfall : ‘ Keep that door open … in case I have to come back quickly . |
| 26 | I speak from experience , as my wife and I had to turn back and miss the December 1990 meeting . |
| 27 | It 's not a defeat to turn back and return on a better day . |
| 28 | At last , to his own satisfaction and Ranulf 's apparent pleasure , Corbett decided they had found what they wanted and ordered them to turn back and travel south . |
| 29 | And heavens knows , once launched it 's all too hard to turn back and look again for the missed trace . |
| 30 | To get there , Charles had to turn eastwards and to cross the Seine . |