Example sentences of "[adv] as [pers pn] turn " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It appeared quite suddenly as they turned a sharp bend , an imposing stone edifice with ivy-clad walls , set among tall poplars , well back from the road . |
| 2 | She spoke the word aloud as she turned off the water and began rubbing herself furiously with a towel . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , these arguments do not constitute a definitive refutation of inductivism , especially as it turns out that many rival theories of science face a similar , related difficulty . |
| 4 | ‘ The name my mother put on the birth certificate as the child 's father , ’ he explained impatiently as he turned to face her . |
| 5 | They were grand boys and so courageous … maybe too much so as it turned out . |
| 6 | By the time she arrived , still wrestling with this dramatic rearrangement of the stars in the family constellation , she had the beginnings of a bad headache , and it was only as she turned into the drive and saw the lights and heard voices and music spilling from the house that she thought about the party that was still , clearly , very much in progress . |
| 7 | The paramilitaries felt , quite rightly as it turned out , that the politicians would use them when it suited them and then reject them once the threat of anarchy had achieved the desired end of bringing down Brian Faulkner . |
| 8 | It was assumed in Paris , rightly as it turned out , that Queen Victoria would add her powers of dissuasion to all those who opposed the idea and that the combined opposition would convince Napoleon III that his plan was dangerous and unnecessary . |
| 9 | Aloysia 's father had died and Leopold ( rightly as it turned out ) suspected the motives of his matchmaking widow . |
| 10 | Luke moved so fast that she had no time to back away as he turned her into his arms and held her to him , so close that she could feel the hard outline of his thighs through the damp towel , the heavy steady beat of his heart against her breast . |
| 11 | You put your guitar down for a second , and just as you turn away there 's a horrible discordant ker-draanngg ! , accompanied , if you 're unlucky , by the even more expensive noise of your headstock suddenly leaving the band to embark on a solo career . |
| 12 | He refused to promise anything , just as he turned a deaf ear to their prayers for his ‘ resignation ’ . |
| 13 | She leaned forward to see Matilda 's reaction to Guy 's brutal logic just as he turned his head slightly in her direction , as though he sensed her watching him . |
| 14 | Deborah turned away from the signpost and began wading back through the deep undergrowth to the main path , intending to break into a run when she reached it ; but just as she turned off she heard a faint , distant , reedy cry , which stopped her in her tracks . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've gone too far already , ’ he muttered cryptically as he turned away . |
| 16 | As soon as we turn our attention to the source of police errors we find that they do not , in the main , spring from malpractice , ill will or even slackness , as is sometimes supposed . |
| 17 | We just got told as soon as we turned up that the course was cut with immediate effect . |
| 18 | We just got told as soon as we turned up that the course was cut with immediate effect . |
| 19 | Why then do their minds go blank as soon as they turn over the question paper ? |
| 20 | It was estimated that families in Easthall were paying £1 million between them each year heating the sky above Glasgow because as soon as they turned on the heat , it went straight out their windows and walls . |
| 21 | And the soldiers muttered to one another as they limped and splashed back towards England that the black friars had not only sent the terror , but withdrawn it from them as soon as they turned back , and the devil their master could call it up again in an instant if they so much as looked over their shoulders . |
| 22 | As soon as he turned the tap on it started . |
| 23 | As soon as he turned the corner , I grabbed the wallet and sprinted down the alley . |
| 24 | She came to his room as soon as he turned in , and if young McCrea heard them making love , so what ? |
| 25 | If you go out shoving them off they go up on to the roof of the house , and as soon as you turn your back they 're back again . |
| 26 | Say you 're sleeping in the front room , as soon as you turn the light out and there 's no sound they do n't shut up . |
| 27 | Of course it looks a bit different , places often do when you come back to them , but I think I remember — soon as you turned the bend and saw the tunnel — yes , there it is ! |
| 28 | Then the great figure was gone , swallowed as soon as it turned , into the drifting dark . |
| 29 | I 'd be alright as long as I could go on a route where all I had to do was turn left but as soon as I turn right |
| 30 | As soon as I turn off you gon na start swearing , ai n't you ? |