Example sentences of "not turn [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The judge was told that although the girl 's father was due to appear in court as a witness , he had not turned up at the hearing because the couple now planned to marry . |
| 2 | Barbara Lohman of the Points of Light Foundation ( a non-profit organisation set up at the instigation of the White House ) says that today 's volunteers are ‘ not turned on by the martyrdom thing . ’ |
| 3 | By whatever means possible , will the right hon. Gentleman get in touch with Ministers to ensure that , if it is right for the Government to gain publicity over Christmas for looking after a few hundred homeless , it should be right to do something about them now so that they are not turned out on the streets ? |
| 4 | He has not turned out for the village team since . |
| 5 | He has not turned out for the village team since . |
| 6 | Unfortunately the Act has not turned out in the way that its progenitors hoped . |
| 7 | Here the toe of the club should point straight up into the air , the clubshaft should be on the plane established at address and the back of the left wrist should be facing outwards , not turned down towards the ground or facing the sky . |
| 8 | After washing , twist taps were not turned off with the paper towel ; and where elbow taps were available , they were used properly only four times ; and when disposing of the paper towel in foot-operated pedal bins , nurses used their hands to open and close the bins . |
| 9 | It took me all my self-control not to turn round from the job I was doing until she had stopped and was ready for applause . |
| 10 | At the time and date arranged , he meets an old friend and decides not to turn up for the meal with his niece . |
| 11 | He did not turn up to the funeral when his friend died , and for me this was sadder than the loss of the vicar who had found peace and hope before he died . |
| 12 | In 1964 the traffic similarly did not pose quite such a problem as in 1988 , the car parking round the district proving quite adequate , especially as the expected crowds did not turn up on the day . |
| 13 | Yet had the question gone on , And what if she does not turn up on the waterfront tonight ? |
| 14 | There were moments when Henry thought she would not turn up for the funeral , so magnificent was she about the whole thing , but as the date approached he noticed she was wearing more and more black jewellery , black scarves , capes , cloaks and jerseys , stockings , blouses and hats . |
| 15 | It means that he can not turn out for the Pollock Park club until at least August . |
| 16 | He did not turn in at the door of number thirty-seven , however . |