Example sentences of "[noun] turned [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He sat looking at me , his mouth turned down in a bitter line . |
| 2 | Edward turned away from the assembled prelates and nobles of his council and addressed Philip V as follows : |
| 3 | A huge ceiling fan turned slowly above an open area in the centre which was laid out with bentwood chairs and marble-topped tables for the bar customers . |
| 4 | Richard turned left for the underground , Martin hailed a taxi . |
| 5 | Rex turned back to the little blighter . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | More than 40,000 fans turned up for the 12-hour event , Britain 's biggest-ever legal Rave gig . |
| 9 | Heads turned all along the quiet Kensington street . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | His lips turned up in a terrible parody of a smile . |
| 12 | His lips turned up in a self-satisfied smile . |
| 13 | To discover the electron is rather different from discovering the kangaroo , because it is a theoretical entity inferred from certain abstruse experiments ; and Thomson 's apparently crucial experiment turned out in the twentieth century not to be so . |
| 14 | The right key turned sweetly in the heavy lock , and Cadfael opened the door . |
| 15 | The UN felt swamped by the quality and quantity of NATO staff work — NATO planners turned up with no fewer than five bound volumes — in the initial stages of the joint operation that was set up to keep the peace in Bosnia should the Bosnian Serbs join the Croats and Muslims in accepting the Vance-Owen peace plan . |
| 16 | Tory turned back for a last look at the rejected blooms as the ponies moved off . |
| 17 | Ruth turned back to the fifth-floor window as the stranger appeared to be heading her way . |
| 18 | Cardiff turned away from the rain-streaked window as the policemen on cordon-duty lifted the wooden pole and the last of the cars slid away into the night . |
| 19 | On 29 September 1955 , with just a few days of filming to go , Dean turned up at a gay party at Malibu which culminated in a bitchy foray between Dean and a former male lover who accused him of dating women purely for publicity . |
| 20 | Big crowds turned out around the 1.46 mile city centre circuit , covered eight times after the international field had already done 105 miles over tough territory in Yorkshire and Lancashire . |
| 21 | With the scum being really lucky getting a draw from a good Norwich side , it seemed on the radio at least that Norwich had at least one decent penalty decision turned down from a spineless and gutless referee . |
| 22 | Ant : You do n't like school discos " cos your mum turned up at the last one at nine o'clock to take you home , and Fungus announced it over the mike . |
| 23 | The truck turned right by the big houses at the south edge of the Common and started along the straight stretch , where we were standing . |
| 24 | Cameron turned off down a churned , peaty track towards the wooden roofs and palings of the sawmill . |
| 25 | Sikes turned angrily towards the old man . |
| 26 | Mrs Varden turned over to the next page ; then went back again to the bottom line over leaf to be quite sure of the last words ; and then went on reading with an appearance of the deepest interest and study . |
| 27 | Morris turned up for the new campaign with a sensational 133 , the first 100 off 60 balls and the second 50 off only 16 , against Minor Counties champions Staffordshire in a pre-season testimonial match for Barnett . |
| 28 | The tunnel to the right turned left after a short distance , while the tunnel to the left led to a crossroads . |
| 29 | By the time he got to the ice-cream he was too weary to eat , so he downed the bourbon — which instantly took its toll — and retired to bed , leaving the television on in the next room , its sound turned down to a soporific burble . |
| 30 | Then , late in the evening , my new friend turned up with a little white pill for each of us . |