Example sentences of "turning over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But turning over the pages of poor Hewlett 's unreadable but honest ‘ Song of the Plough ’ , one wonders about that . |
| 2 | ‘ You draw good pictures , ’ said the boy , turning over the pages of the note-book till he came to the whole page drawing of a pheasant , the cock pheasant that Philip had coloured in at home . |
| 3 | Father Poole muttered abstractedly , turning over the pages . |
| 4 | There 's me turning over the pancakes , hear the door moving . |
| 5 | There are lots of superstitions which are linked to the moon , such as turning over the coins in one 's pockets as a form of luck when seeing a new moon through glass , while the phases of the moon used to dictate the timing of weddings and other important aspects of life . |
| 6 | At this stage the author uses the light box to see through the paper , and by turning over the paper it is possible to drawn in with pencil on the reverse , a rough copper track layout which will link up the components in accordance with the circuit diagram . |
| 7 | Power for this method is best supplied by one or more external canister filters , which should be capable of turning over the tank water at least three times each hour . |
| 8 | Turning over the free endpaper to the next double page , we shall usually arrive at the first appearance of print , unless the publisher has been very free with his endpapers and given us some blanks . |
| 9 | Some people stumble across the Kingdom without looking for it , like discovering a hidden treasure while turning over the soil in the field ( Matt. |
| 10 | Earthworms are easily collected by turning over the garden soil with a hand trowel or with a spade or fork . |
| 11 | Recently I have increased the pump speed to 2 so that I have a higher turnover of water through the filter At this setting it will be turning over the content of the vat about 8 times an hour . |
| 12 | Hundreds of black-headed gulls were also joining in the feast of freshly hatching insects , paddling over the waves to snatch them from the surface , whilst in the Island Bay we came upon three superb black terns , dipping and turning over the water . |
| 13 | Reflecting on the author 's problems , he confessed that ‘ On turning over the different chapters ’ of The king 's Own , he felt that the designated hero , Willy Seymour , was not sufficiently ‘ the hero of my tale ’ : |
| 14 | ‘ All what moving about the country ? ’ asked Cliff , largely to avert further discussion of sprouts and red cabbage , which he could see was imminent from the suspicious manner in which his mother was turning over the vegetables on her heaped plate . |
| 15 | Congratulations to Barkers for turning over the whole of the basement into one big showcase for some brilliant furnishing fashion — much of it British . |
| 16 | ’ We 're not turning over the phetam to the FedPol , ’ I told her . |
| 17 | And now the quarrel was under its own impetus , and once again a trial seemed to be in progress , with both of them as accusers , but both figuring also as investigators of the lowest description , wretched hirelings , turning over the stones to find where the filth lay buried . |
| 18 | He was doing three tasks at once : checking the statements of witnesses in a report being prepared for the Public Prosecutor and at the same time turning over the photographs and diagrams of the house in Church Row which the SOCO had put together . |
| 19 | She re-read his covering note again , picking up and turning over the other enclosed letter in her hands . |
| 20 | That is why the opposition parties are turning over the prospect that the prime minister , Mr Turgut Ozal , may impose a head of state from his own conservatives . |
| 21 | The first one , turning over the page , relates to er , grant maintained schools , erm , the fact that erm , the calculation of the indirect maintenance grant is based on last year 's percentages . |