Example sentences of "turn [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maccoby and Jacklin , authors of the standard review of psychological sex differences , note that even a study like their own , which finds mostly similarities , turns inexorably into a trait psychology ( 1974 : 3ff ) , centred on masculinity and femininity , and the differences between them . |
| 2 | Green himself had been turned away from a polling station in the capital , Georgetown , for lack of identity papers ; this prompted his supporters , drawn from slum districts , to go on the rampage , attacking the Commission 's headquarters and that of the PPP and looting and vandalising scores of Indian shops . |
| 3 | A HOSPITAL patient with a life-threatening condition was twice turned away from an operating table because there were not enough intensive care beds . |
| 4 | Her face was turned upwards towards the night sky . |
| 5 | And so he turns aside under a pine tree , lays his sword and oliphant under him and lies down to die : he makes his confession , holds up his right glove to God and angels come and carry his soul to Paradise . |
| 6 | One turns hopefully to the north-east wing , but the remains are very difficult to interpret , as there appear to be two main floor levels , with as much as 8 ft between them . |
| 7 | Kragan turned right outside the hotel entrance and walked towards the Rue de Rivoli . |
| 8 | However , it is possible to see the outside of the well section by continuing down the stairs and turning right behind the dining room . |
| 9 | Faster now , the tiles sharp-edged under her heels , Chesarynth turned outwards between the pomegranate trees , the larkspur . |
| 10 | When Chris came out they turned away down a side street and Chris said immediately , ‘ I knew you were Maureen 's brother as soon as I saw you . |
| 11 | He turned away to the bedside table and found a souvenir sack of nickels from Las Vegas among the things he had unpacked from his pockets . |
| 12 | In Germany as well , directors such as G. W. Pabst turned away from the expressionist cinema that Fritz Lang had exemplified . |
| 13 | She turned away from the theatre photograph and stared , hostile , at the bus in the way an elderly person will crossly confront a jutting paving-stone on which he has stubbed his toe . |
| 14 | Anne turned away from the party room . |
| 15 | At the edge of the brow they turned eastward along the bridle path to Burdale . |
| 16 | He pushed back his chair and stood , turning away to the drawing room . |
| 17 | People were turning away from the dance spectacle to watch , with varying degrees of amusement , the small drama being enacted in their midst . |
| 18 | The majority of socialists agreed with the Communist Party in turning away from the abstentionist logic embraced by the ILP . |
| 19 | She was just turning away from the pantry door when Jenny entered the kitchen . |
| 20 | Now it was simply a matter of whether the embarrassment of a Foinavon victory could be headed off , but he was thirty lengths in the lead turning away from the Canal Turn and showed no signs of giving up . |
| 21 | The stone flowerpots on the forecourt sported bright bouquets of pelargoniums , their magenta-splashed faces turned gratefully to the noonday sun . |
| 22 | He glanced at Belinda as he spoke and she turned quickly to the glucose monitoring kit to put it away . |
| 23 | Kathleen remembered nothing of the drive home , turning automatically into the parking area behind her flat and letting herself in with hands that shook so badly she could scarcely hold the keys . |
| 24 | Turning now to the development work itself in general , the development work is going well . |
| 25 | The pedestrian only slipped off when the motorist turned sharply into a side street , flinging him to the ground . |
| 26 | The storm was increasing in fury as he turned left towards the car park , beyond any houses , then made his way to the east on to the scrubby dunes . |
| 27 | Instead of turning left over the canal bridge which would have taken him into the village , he turned right and began walking out of the village on the Brookend road . |
| 28 | His face was open and honest and smiled readily , the generous mouth turning upwards into a handlebar moustache . |
| 29 | Not being sure if the strait , or inlet for the Roach , was actually navigable through to the Crouch , I went back down the Roach , entered the Crouch again by Wallasea Ness , and turned seaward for the Crouch shore of Winter Marsh . |
| 30 | On sixty one minutes , Steve Jenkins turned well in the centre circle and sprayed the ball wide to Mark Walton , who in turn pushed the ball up the line to Berazi . |