Example sentences of "turn round [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I scrambled to my feet a little sheepishly as one of the Officers had turned round and was observing me as I approached . |
| 2 | This Henry almost persuaded them to do — until the Young King also demanded that Richard should swear his oath on a holy relic ; at which Richard simply turned round and declared that Aquitaine was his anyway by right from his mother and had nothing to do with anyone else . |
| 3 | Turned round and off . |
| 4 | ’ And Trevor just turned round and gave it this tremendous kick . |
| 5 | It does n't seem to have had as bad an effect on a lot of people as it might appear — they have n't immediately turned round and gone back to the very worst anti-gay feeling . |
| 6 | Artemis , down on her knees , just turned round and stared for a moment , before Rosie took her hand and pulled her to her feet . |
| 7 | Under the influence of democratic ideologies , on the other hand , this usage may be turned round and then ‘ popular ’ can become a legitimating term ; this was the case in post-revolutionary America . |
| 8 | On sighting the desolate Andes after a voyage of four months , they were far from delighted , and apparently turned round and sailed back towards their atolls . |
| 9 | So what 's Yeah but he could have turned round and said No , so what 's he actually done ? |
| 10 | ‘ When you got to the edge of the universe , you were supposed to have turned round and retraced your route which would have brought you back here in the opposite direction to the arrow . ’ |
| 11 | If you ask me , if she had n't been so fussed over by you and your Mum she 'd have turned round and faced up to things and been a lot happier . |
| 12 | ‘ If they had turned round and said to me , ‘ That 's a good idea , why do n't you do it for us here ? ’ |
| 13 | They 'd have just turned round and says , Well we ca n't help that , I 'm sorry . |
| 14 | At the door Agnes suddenly turned round and came back . |
| 15 | you 'd have liked to have turned round and say look I do n't wan na do it |
| 16 | The two officers gave chase but Dunsheath suddenly turned round and brandished an open Lock Knife at one of them , PC Adams . |
| 17 | The two officers gave chase but Dunsheath suddenly turned round and brandished an open lock knife at one of them . |
| 18 | Yeah , well he 's already turned round and told my mother he 's not knocking |
| 19 | I would of turned round and ge get out |
| 20 | So she could n't go out to work cos she 'd got young girls to bring up so they went to the social and the social turned round and said to them before we give you any money you 've got ta spend all this bloody redundancy you 've got ta have used all your savings , including the kids savings , and you 've got ta have nothing ! |
| 21 | that if had relinquished all his responsibility regarding the mortgage and so on and signed it over to you , then you could have turned round and say alright that 's it , I 'm going to sell the house |
| 22 | even up , further up the road to us ca n't , have turned round and said they ca n't sleep |
| 23 | You could have just turned round and had a look . |
| 24 | the nitty gritty of it , well I could of turned round and said look , well I 'm actually entitled to half an hour , I should |
| 25 | Some of them have actually turned round and said keep it up Mr , keep it up Mr , we will see the end of it one day . |
| 26 | things have turned round and you instigate violent measures there 's , there 's no controls left . |
| 27 | If he 'd have turned round and said , Look I 'm putting this in the kitchen I 'm gon na be listening to what you 're saying then she would n't minded . |
| 28 | An increasing number of directors of sponsoring companies are beginning to ask ‘ What did we get for our money ? ’ when they so often see players to whom considerable appearance fees have been paid , losing limply in their first or second round matches and , even worse , then turning round and implying that the only tournaments they really take seriously are the Grand Slams . |
| 29 | The head lamps were in the conventional position on the dash and there was a mirror under the canopy edge so that the driver could view the interior of the car without turning round and another just above the stair opening in the canopy , by which he could view the upper deck . |
| 30 | I can honestly say that every audience I 've ever had has been very good , except , perhaps , for a school for the mentally handicapped we visited once where one or two started turning round and talking whilst I was speaking . |