Example sentences of "[noun] turned [adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Gordon Greig of the Mail turned up a fresh page in his notebook , and Mr Chris Moncrieff of the Press Association , who could sleep standing up , opened a parrot-like eye . |
| 2 | On three occasions a diligent search turned up a small droplet on the ground , and under the microscope it turned out to be a sperm mass . |
| 3 | Further research turned up a small shipping business , but it was modest indeed beside the kind of wealth claimed by Kleinworts . |
| 4 | WREXHAM turned out a depleted side for their McDonalds Young Athletes League fixture at Rotherham but in teenager Craig Jones had one of the top individual performers . |
| 5 | But only Motherwell have shown interest and Hauser turned down the Premier League side after failing to agree personal terms . |
| 6 | Finally , Rory turned off a minor road onto a rutted track between high , uncut hedges . |
| 7 | The barmaid turned down the chintzy bed cover . |
| 8 | Yet another rarity turned up the other day and which I illustrate here . |
| 9 | The chassis will be designed by Anglo-Brazilian Ricardo Divila , but Guy Ligier received a major disappointment recently when ex-Tyrrell aerodynamicist Jean-Claude Migeot turned down an attractive offer . |
| 10 | This Fifties comedy was set in a ‘ flea pit ’ cinema called the Bijou where staff turned up the central heating to boiling point in a desert picture to boost ice cream sales . |
| 11 | On 18 October , therefore , the British government turned down the new fare proposals from American operators , while the CAA rejected British Airways ' request . |
| 12 | Mungo turned down the right flank of the sleeping monster , towards the hole in its side . |
| 13 | ‘ Somebody told me that they saw the Bad Seeds recently and the show was being recorded , and that Blixa had had his volume knob turned down the whole time ! |
| 14 | But Labour and Liberal Democrats turned down the Conservative budget . |