Example sentences of "[pers pn] turn [adv prt] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I had er had given myself a target of five thousand for Leith so I turned up the next and made my five thousand in fact I made five thousand and fifty signatures for the h and I believe myself if , if every branch were doing the same as I had been doing then we would have no problem at all in getting a hundred thousand signatures which is our aim . |
| 2 | ‘ I turned down a new contract at the end of the season , even though it meant getting a testimonial next year because I 've got to be playing in the Premier League to confirm my place in the Irish side . |
| 3 | She turned up a thin alley which was covered ; it was full of the shrill song of cage birds . |
| 4 | That evening she turned down a prior supper engagement , pleading a headache . |
| 5 | She turned down The Fabulous Baker Boys , a film which made Michelle Pfeiffer an international superstar and an Oscar nominee , because ‘ I felt it was n't right for me ’ . |
| 6 | Shrugging , she turned down the right-hand one , looking for ‘ likely doors ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ Is that why you turned down the fifth series ? ’ |
| 8 | You turned off a main road into a broad driveway . |
| 9 | If you turn over a few chapters in Matthew , into chapter fourteen , you 've got another er watery illustration there , it 's , Jesus is coming towards the disciples , he walking on the water ! |
| 10 | When we turn off a cold tap a loud banging comes from somewhere and then stops . |
| 11 | The mystery deepened when , instead of going seaward at the foot of the hill , they turned up the right bank of the Touques as if making for Deauville . |
| 12 | They turned up the next street . |
| 13 | They turned round a 1–0 deficit in Australia four years ago , but the All Blacks on their own turf are a different proposition from the Wallabies . |
| 14 | He sat well , she thought , as she watched him turn round the stable wall and disappear out of sight . |
| 15 | But French officials were initially suspicious and the Soviet KGB security police forced him to turn down a French passport . |
| 16 | Oh well you know peo people that throw their clothes around and untidy , they turn out the best of people . |
| 17 | The cap that happened to get overlooked returns the reader 's gaze blankly yet unavoidably , like the bill from a restaurant abroad which the conspirators find when they turn out the dead man 's pockets , and like the child 's clay whistle which one of them has provided himself with to give the agreed signal — for he has lost so many teeth that he ca n't trust himself to produce the sound naturally . |
| 18 | It turns out a healthy bhp ( or bhp with an intercooler in the up-market TDS models ) . |
| 19 | When he wins he turns up the next week as if nothing 's happened — and as if he has n't got a penny to his name , that 's the difference between Seve and others — what sets him apart a bit , I suppose . |
| 20 | Both women had been surprised when he turned up a second time . |
| 21 | I only know that he turned up a few hours after the accident and got into some row with the head copper . |
| 22 | You said he turned up a few hours after the event , so it seems likely he left London at short notice . |
| 23 | Despite being in extreme pain and feeling ill , he turned up the following day at rehearsals with long sleeves disguising his burns . |
| 24 | He turned up the first day of the term , picked up his grant , bought a guitar with it and then disappeared ‘ till the start of the next term and that term 's grant cheque . |
| 25 | When I told Malc , he turned up the next night with a gift-wrapped teddy for the baby . |
| 26 | In 1684 he turned over the retail side of his business to Francis Saunders and his partner Joseph Knight . |
| 27 | Then he turned back the top sheet and blankets . |
| 28 | McCreery left last month after he turned down a new contract . |
| 29 | He strolled along by the front of the house until he reached the north wing , where he turned down the grassy slope towards the trees . |
| 30 | He turned down the first street he came to , turned left , right , left again , he walked down a hill , along an alley , through a deserted square , but still he could n't find one anywhere . |