Example sentences of "[noun] turn [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The road continues south , climbing over a rise with a good retrospective view of the full length of Kingsdale and then makes a long descent to Thornton in Lonsdale after a branch turns off to the right for the A65 at Westhouse . |
| 2 | A short distance up the road from the Hill Inn , a bridleway turns off to the right and , with Ingleborough looming directly in front , passes along an easy terrace to reach a gate in a cross-wall after half a mile . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The dog , after lapping a little water , went and sat down heavily beside him , eyes turned up at the portrait of itself thoughtfully , perhaps making a critical assessment of it . |
| 5 | Clearly , however , where the overall number of speakers is small as it is in many sociolinguistic surveys , the number of higher-status speakers turning up in a random selection procedure which samples from the entire urban area will be correspondingly small . |
| 6 | Pauline 's wide , full mouth turned up at the corners . |
| 7 | His look deepened and the corners of his well-defined mouth turned up in a half-smile of mystery . |
| 8 | ‘ He was going to hit you , ’ she said , and her mouth turned down at the corners . |
| 9 | ‘ We got rid of an old woman and replaced him with a younger one , ’ Fergus said , mouth turned down at the corners , staring over his whisky tumbler and across the room to where his wife was talking to Antonia . |
| 10 | He sat looking at me , his mouth turned down in a bitter line . |
| 11 | She looked down at her new French muslin pyjamas , the corners of her thin lips turning up in a rueful smile , wondering if the whisky stains would come out — and deciding that they probably would n't . |
| 12 | Manville turned back to the elevator , placing his right palm flat against the opaque plastic panel built into the wall beside the doors . |
| 13 | Carrie looked at him and saw his mouth turning down at the corners . |
| 14 | Edward turned back to the Lodge . |
| 15 | More than 100,000 delirious members of the Clinton fan club turned out on the streets . |
| 16 | Then four brothers turned up in a bus and killed three brothers who lived in that house next door . |
| 17 | Rex turned back to the little blighter . |
| 18 | The sight of the brigade turning out to a call , pulled by magnificent black horses , drew every child within half a mile of the Works main gates when the warning hooter sounded . |
| 19 | Police estimated no more than 30,000 party supporters turned out on the heavily barricaded streets , eager to be arrested by the 75,000-strong security forces . |
| 20 | I was quite surprised , er during the summer I went to my grandson 's school fete and they had a hot air balloon demonstration there and this er , this car turned up with a trailer on the back with , I du n no , probably some name , hot air balloon name on the trailer , I thought oh yes he 's gon na show us how to inflate it and i I was quite amazed from the time he unpacked the balloon to the time it actually took off was only ten minutes . |
| 21 | Well away from the motorway now , each new place quickly gave way to further forest and , just as Jenna was beginning to be lulled into a strange peace by the dappled sunlight of the place , the soothing green of nature , the car turned on to a narrow road and began to climb steadily . |
| 22 | One who smoked too much , that was evident by the time the car turned on to the autostrada going south towards Siena , its light and siren going although the roads were fairly quiet . |
| 23 | The car turned on to the A45 heading towards Wellingborough . |
| 24 | About 30 journalists turned up at the Thai border village of Pong Nam Ron , about 200 miles east of Bangkok , yesterday morning , but were told by the local Thai military commander that he knew of no Vietnamese prisoners . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | More than 40,000 fans turned up for the 12-hour event , Britain 's biggest-ever legal Rave gig . |
| 27 | Wimbledon boss Joe Kinnear after just 1,987 fans turned up for the Coca-Cola match against Bolton |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | His lips turned up in a self-satisfied smile . |
| 30 | His lips turned up in a terrible parody of a smile . |