Example sentences of "[noun prp] turn [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tomas turns out to be sexually as well as politically opportunistic , resulting in vengeance , desperation and a lot of emotional broken glass . |
| 2 | At a Labour conference you get Gerry Adams turning up at a fringe meeting , and he the leader of Sinn Fein , which is cousin to the IRA , which in 1984 , in this same town , blew up the Grand Hotel in an attempt to murder the Prime Minister and Cabinet . |
| 3 | For the rest , Friday turned out to be a bad day at Blackrock with Graham losing twice and McHugh and the Clarendon triple skipped by Mark Shannon all falling at the first hurdle . |
| 4 | Marie turned enquiringly to the groom who gently halted the ponies . |
| 5 | Manville turned back to the elevator , placing his right palm flat against the opaque plastic panel built into the wall beside the doors . |
| 6 | Edward turned away from the assembled prelates and nobles of his council and addressed Philip V as follows : |
| 7 | Edward turned back to the Lodge . |
| 8 | Langholme turned again in the doorway . |
| 9 | Last week , the ARC turned out in force at the National Agricultural Centre near Coventry to show farmers its work , and to persuade them to ‘ get more out of muck ; ’ . |
| 10 | Nessie went to sit by her son and Nellie turned again to the window . |
| 11 | Dr Neil turned away from inspecting his own bookshelves , said , apropos of what she could not imagine , ‘ You are not English , I perceive , Miss McAllister . ’ |
| 12 | Richard turned left for the underground , Martin hailed a taxi . |
| 13 | Corbett turned angrily on his heel , collected the cob and wearily made his way back to the Abbey of Holy Rood . |
| 14 | But Mrs Wright turned in through her entrance . |
| 15 | Rex turned back to the little blighter . |
| 16 | Kathleen turned away from the window , hastily , for fear her sister should see her watching and began to get out the mixing bowl and pastry board , the flour and the milk . |
| 17 | Shaking his head at Feargal , amusement dancing in his eyes , Donal turned back to the barman and Ellie was left with only her drink , or Feargal , to stare at . |
| 18 | As though aware that her control was slipping again , Mrs Wallington turned back to the disciplined criss-cross of string and concentrated with almost palpable force . |
| 19 | Becky turned out to be as good as her word , keeping the accounts in what she described as ‘ apple-pie order ’ and even opening a set of books for Trumper 's barrow . |
| 20 | Not quite knowing what to expect other than that she wanted a new job , Jean turned up for work promptly on a cold , wet , Monday morning but found no one to let her in . |
| 21 | Clements turned up at 3.55 . |
| 22 | When he was satisfied with the blood-staunching , Stok turned round to me . |
| 23 | When you arrive at the traffic lights in Welshpool turn left into the main street and carry on up past the town hall on your right hand side . |
| 24 | Before Cumnor Hill turn right onto the Eynsham Road also signposted for Farmoor . |
| 25 | Additional material from Theodore turns up in other Irish manuscripts , dating from the eighth century , the ninth century and , in one case , from the late tenth century — more than four hundred years after Theodore was condemned . |
| 26 | The journey , however , proves to be a descent into hell , for Comala turns out to be a ghost town which has been devastated by the oppression of his father , the tyrannical landowner Pedro Páramo , and whose few remaining inhabitants live in despair , convinced that they have been banished forever from the grace of God . |
| 27 | And even if Uncle Alan turns up within a month or two , he can hardly complain . |
| 28 | Every evening now , Selina turns straight to the palimony page , and goes all quiet . |
| 29 | Telephone Frank turns out to be not only a money expert , or an expert on not having any . |
| 30 | The next day they charged Barry Moxton with the murder of his wife Mary and there was a picture on the front pages of him being led away with a blanket over his head and another of a policeman coming out of his mother 's house with a plastic bag that was said to contain his bloodstained and half-burned clothing , and a day or so after that Uncle Titch turned up in South Wales with his horse and cart where he said he 'd gone after a merry-go-round and did n't know what all the fuss was about , did n't know about any murder , did n't read the papers and was generally believed , at least by the people on the estate , because it was typical of Uncle Titch , and by that time the Queerfella who was queerer than any of them knew had made a full confession and it was all over bar the shouting and the trial , when he pleaded guilty and was sent down for life and everyone said he should have been hanged and pretended it had never once crossed their minds that it was Uncle Titch that done it . |