Example sentences of "turn [adv prt] [coord] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One side is then printed and the sheet is then turned over and printed from the other edge using the same forme . |
| 2 | To produce the latter the inner coffin was placed on to a width of lead which was then cut so as to be three inches larger all round than the coffin itself ; this was then turned up and tacked to the wood . |
| 3 | She had said , ‘ Better luck next time , Andrew , ’ and had turned about and walked to the door . |
| 4 | He turned over and stared at the sky . |
| 5 | She turned over and looked at the illuminated dial of her alarm clock . |
| 6 | Miss Danziger turned off and pedalled along the line of the cliff top . |
| 7 | Er and this this case the there was a fire in a flat , the chap had gone out to work , we did n't know he 'd gone out to work , so we broke First of all we informed the fire brigade was on the way , we broke down the door , quick look in the flat , best possible way we could look , and the fire brigade turned up and dealt with the flat . |
| 8 | Race horse trainer … easy life … you 've got to be joking … steeplechasing is all of life always has been to David Nicholson … he was born and bred … turned out and trained on the gallops at Prestbury … |
| 9 | Startled faces turned as they sang , then turned back and looked at the pulpit . |
| 10 | He turned around and spoke into the room behind him , then moved out of sight . |
| 11 | She drew in a deep breath ; then , the cloth still in her hand , she turned about and went into the kitchen . |
| 12 | Alice Conway turned about and walked down the corridor , her hands spread out as if in appeal , her head bobbing as she said , ‘ What 's come over people ? |
| 13 | She turned round and looked at the brass-dialled clock sitting starkly on a red brick wall to the side of them and added , ‘ Only half-past eight . ’ |
| 14 | He turned round and looked at the sea of faces . |
| 15 | He turned round and walked towards the stage . |
| 16 | The erstwhile churchman , standing by the window where he could not be seen from below , turned round and advanced into the room , smiling , the patches of eczema on his face reddening with pleasure . |
| 17 | Then on another shot , he had a POW on the drill , who turned round and waved at the camera crew , so that was scrubbed out and done again . |
| 18 | Indeed , the optic lobe contains a wealth of neurons which respond specifically to elaborate patterns of motion , such as the optic flow fields generated on a retina when an insect turns around or flies over the ground , but there have been disappointingly few descriptions of neurons with interesting spatial properties . |
| 19 | ‘ When I was told to rest all week and just turn up and play on the Saturday , I felt sluggish and lethargic , so I make sure I do the required hours every week . |
| 20 | It is a salutary exercise to turn around and look at the Fifties and the Cold War from the East instead of the West . |
| 21 | At the very least such a concentrated and potent force as High Elf cavalry should be able to punch a hole in any enemy line then turn around and attack from the rear . |
| 22 | This manoeuvre exposed the Russian Fifth Army 's flank to Auffenberg 's Fourth Army , still advancing northward , so Conrad commanded it to turn about and strike at the left flank of the Russian Third Army . |
| 23 | Eventually Bligh had to turn round and run in the other direction , right round the earth , into the Pacific . |