Example sentences of "turn [adv] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes the numbers are sufficient to precipitate Type I disease in calves 3-4 weeks after they are turned out to graze in the spring . |
| 2 | From there we turned right to ride up the hill towards Lastingham , over the bottom of the wild moor that backs on to Rosedale . |
| 3 | As the Fuji pilot was about to take avoiding action , the Cherokee turned right to pass behind the Fuji . |
| 4 | Matthew turned shyly to speak to the child . |
| 5 | She turned away to shout to the android . |
| 6 | Instead , he turned away to stare at the picture of her mother which was on the chest of drawers . |
| 7 | No drive , no ambition ; the team was just turning up to go through the motions ; and behind the scenes , lots of devious insider stuff . ’ |
| 8 | Over 100 members turned up to compete for the honour of representing Limerick Area in the National Finals in Belfast . |
| 9 | It is not clear why the disease is usually not apparent until calves , turned out to graze in the spring , have been at grass for 2-5 months . |
| 10 | They won 61% of the vote for Congress in March , but only 27% in December ( when far fewer people turned out to vote for the assembly ) . |
| 11 | Despite a boycott in parts of Abkhazia , over 75 per cent of the electorate turned out to vote in the elections , in which Shevardnadze stood as the only candidate . |
| 12 | Yet this paper led to our century 's great revolution in astronomy , for here an American engineer , Karl Jansky , announced his detection of ‘ static ’ , which turned out to come from the sky . |
| 13 | ‘ The dangerous dreamed melon of the sage ’ which turned out to come from the dream of Descartes . |
| 14 | ‘ The lap-top turned out to belong to the Admiral , so it 's been taken off to Scotland Yard for fingerprinting and all that while they analyse the contents of the disk . |
| 15 | Someone had come down the stairs in a hurry and turned sharply to go towards the back of the house . |
| 16 | ‘ Will you look at that ? ’ she exclaimed , turning back to point at the grounds . |
| 17 | Turning back to look at the door , he could see no manual locking mechanism — only a circular brass inset that seemed to need a special key . |
| 18 | Before leaving the chamber , Mungo turned back to take in the scene ; to fix it in his mind . |
| 19 | Willie turned back to look at the comics so that he missed the surprised expression on his face . |
| 20 | He was turning about to look at the view and the slope of grass back up to the road . |
| 21 | After another step or two the man stopped and turned round to speak to the parson . |
| 22 | He knew there was something odd , which was why he turned round to look into the wings , hoping for some signal from you . |
| 23 | ‘ Come on , Marge , before Robin Day turns up to join in the debate ! ’ |
| 24 | But when the proof comes it also turns out to rest on the assumption that it is already true . |
| 25 | where you turn right to go into the nursery |
| 26 | Turn right to get to the path on the left leading to Studland . |
| 27 | On reaching the country road turn left to go along the road for a few yards before taking a right . |
| 28 | Cross the stones then turn left to walk along the river bank . |
| 29 | From this discussion of London Creole we turn now to look at the London English of my informants in the next chapter . |
| 30 | As they walked up towards the main road , he was surprised to see her turn round to wave at the policemen as if they were old friends . |