Example sentences of "turn [adv] [prep] a [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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The pedestrian only slipped off when the motorist turned sharply into a side street , flinging him to the ground . |
| 6 | His face was open and honest and smiled readily , the generous mouth turning upwards into a handlebar moustache . |
| 7 | Turn right to a tarmac road , then left to St Ives and Porthmeor Beach . |