Example sentences of "[vb past] turn [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of carrying on and making the downwind landing without incident , he flew on to give himself room to land and then tried to turn around into wind for the landing . |
| 2 | Edouard saw that she had bruises on her wrists , and that one side of her face , which she tried to turn away from him , was swollen . |
| 3 | She tried to turn away from him , but his hand , strong and hard , cupped her chin before she could . |
| 4 | The pilot tried to turn back to Schipol airport . |
| 5 | I tried to turn in behind him but found that I was going to overshoot and pulled away to starboard . |
| 6 | Small clients handled roughly from what sounded like a hectic dealing room got turned on by the apparent professionalism of it all , and often allowed themselves to be persuaded into buying almost worthless over the counter ( OTC ) shares . |
| 7 | ‘ We 've lost four games , but have n't been playing that badly , whereas last season we got turned over at Aston Villa and Everton . |
| 8 | ‘ Or maybe I 'm a fruitarian bat , ’ said Marina , laughing , ‘ the one that got turned down for every Drac film because she would n't suck blood . |
| 9 | I think that it was when he got turned down for the job of a bus conductor . |
| 10 | So I got turned out of there . ’ |
| 11 | Newman drove along the narrow road he 'd turned on to off the B4027 at no more than thirty miles an hour . |
| 12 | I 'd turned up on NBC talking about Middle East narco-terrorism right after Flight 103 crashed . |
| 13 | Oh Jesus , Sam , she was everybody 's Aunt Jemima , if she 'd turned up with her hair in a bun and flour on her apron she could n't have made them love her more , Jesus , Sam , we 're not guilty . |
| 14 | For their tickets , and I said at the area council if they had turned up like they turned up to pay them thirty pound and eight pound , if they 'd turned up at the same time with a petition form what a difference it would |
| 15 | That 's where the real problem lies , if you could have had the P A , if you could have gone into the cupboard and got it , even though we 'd turned up at ten past six , |
| 16 | Nobody knew much about her , she 'd turned up in the town as a sort of companion-housekeeper to an old lady who had a house in Morrab Close , a Mrs Armitage — a widow . |
| 17 | But I spent a few bob buying drinks for a couple of old OSS types who 'd turned up in their London station and they took pity on me and let drop the codename : Winter Garden . |
| 18 | Ever since he 'd turned up in her bedroom several nights before , he really had become her shadow , staying constantly by her side . |
| 19 | I 'd seen Miss Mallender walking out along the pontoon to the boat and I 'd turned away from the window over the sink to 'and Mr Dysart 'is coffee when there was this great whoomph outside . |
| 20 | ‘ … but , with their parents in hospital , I feel any such move would be counter-productive , ’ he 'd added curtly , dismissing the subject as he 'd turned back to the pile of papers in front of him . |
| 21 | And shortly after the daylight found him , he was pensively studying a box of a dozen contraceptives that he 'd turned out of her soapcase . |
| 22 | All of her sweet , loving nature that she 'd turned in on herself , waiting for this one moment in her life , this moment of truth , and it had all been for nothing . |
| 23 | No , ’ he added turning back to his wife , ‘ you must have something . |
| 24 | Lucien 's heart seemed to turn over within his ribs . |
| 25 | ‘ It seemed to turn out in the end that the American negotiator did n't have any flexibility and remained on the crucial issues unmoved . ’ |
| 26 | One beltless man , in an official car , signalled to turn right into the car park , saw our photographer , abruptly changed his mind and drove off at high speed down the street . |
| 27 | I was really pissed off because I was watching the U21 England match , and when it finished turned over during the ‘ adverts ’ . |
| 28 | ( Afterwards Andy Roberts pointed out that the only ‘ alien implant ’ so far discovered turned out to be a ball bearing that had got lodged up a child 's nose . ) |
| 29 | The current embrace in Britain of utility clothing and design is best traced back to the Eighties baseball thing — the period when genuine US clothing brands , from workwear to sports names like Russell Athletic , began turning up in shops like London 's Passenger and The Duffer of St George . |
| 30 | IT WAS OBVIOUS the fountain pen was back in favour when it began turning up in advertisements for financial services , computers and instant coffee . |