Example sentences of "turning [adv prt] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are lots of superstitions which are linked to the moon , such as turning over the coins in one 's pockets as a form of luck when seeing a new moon through glass , while the phases of the moon used to dictate the timing of weddings and other important aspects of life . |
| 2 | ‘ All what moving about the country ? ’ asked Cliff , largely to avert further discussion of sprouts and red cabbage , which he could see was imminent from the suspicious manner in which his mother was turning over the vegetables on her heaped plate . |
| 3 | But turning over the pages of poor Hewlett 's unreadable but honest ‘ Song of the Plough ’ , one wonders about that . |
| 4 | ‘ You draw good pictures , ’ said the boy , turning over the pages of the note-book till he came to the whole page drawing of a pheasant , the cock pheasant that Philip had coloured in at home . |
| 5 | Father Poole muttered abstractedly , turning over the pages . |
| 6 | There 's me turning over the pancakes , hear the door moving . |
| 7 | He was doing three tasks at once : checking the statements of witnesses in a report being prepared for the Public Prosecutor and at the same time turning over the photographs and diagrams of the house in Church Row which the SOCO had put together . |
| 8 | And now the quarrel was under its own impetus , and once again a trial seemed to be in progress , with both of them as accusers , but both figuring also as investigators of the lowest description , wretched hirelings , turning over the stones to find where the filth lay buried . |
| 9 | And he was in the jacuzzi with her , turning up the dials until the water bubbled furiously around them . |
| 10 | You are also turning up the relics of perennial weeds that can be difficult to eliminate later . |
| 11 | ‘ Oh ! ’ she breathed blissfully , and , with an impish smile turning up the corners of her mouth , ‘ Do n't stop there . ’ |
| 12 | Patients find visual proprioceptive cues very useful — eg , aiming at marks or patterns on the floor , trying to kick forward the leading leg , or turning up the toes inside the shoe . |
| 13 | She believes he bought this property from Durance with the sole purpose of turning out the others . |
| 14 | Two mixes of ‘ House Of Usher ’ finish off the EP , and you 're left fearful of turning out the lights at night . |
| 15 | Even though the defendant does not regard the nature of his own conduct as being disorderly , he has a sufficient mens rea to satisfy the section by being aware that he is using offensive language , or kicking over dustbins or turning out the lights in the cinema , or whatever else may be alleged to constitute the disorderly behaviour . |
| 16 | The scathing attack came just two years after Sir Claus had caused a storm by warning our crumbling schools were in danger of turning out the dunces of Europe . |
| 17 | ‘ You know what the trouble is with these bloody monstrosities ? ’ asks Neil Strachan , turning back the pages of the journal with his disapproving Presbyterian fingers . |