Example sentences of "turns [adv prt] and " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | This unregulated d.c. now passes through an electronic switch S which turns on and off at a relatively high frequency ; this might well lie within the range 15kHz to 100kHz , sometimes more . |
| 2 | If someone mentions things like ration books , powdered egg , air raids and so on , my stomach turns over and I feel quite depressed . |
| 3 | Crilly turns over and lies with his back stiff and petulant . |
| 4 | This dopant layer sets the voltage at which the transistor turns off and on . |
| 5 | and then somebody else has it , so it 's sort of once a month or something it turns up and they have sort of an extensive thing on it , I think that 's the way it works . |
| 6 | He 's got plenty of turkeys in stock , as it turns out and you can order yours , already stuffed and dressed , perhaps even by telephone . |
| 7 | Er I 'm not surprised if it turns out and people think it 's good cos I spend when I 'm in the part it becomes my life so I do n't really judge it in terms of good or bad , I just it becomes like breathing . |
| 8 | This lamplit cave , where Jan turns back and farts , |
| 9 | He turns back and tries to stop her , but fails . |
| 10 | The monkey hesitates , turns back and is grabbed by the catchers . |
| 11 | He turns around and listens . |
| 12 | Then someone turns around and says , ‘ It 's been five years since your last tour , ’ and you say , ‘ What ? ! ’ |
| 13 | Lepine turns around and starts spraying the students in the front rows with gunfire . |
| 14 | Before she gets into the car , she turns around and thanks me with a squeeze of her hand . |
| 15 | She turns around and sits you know well well it 's not my fault . |
| 16 | She turns round and a white sheet flaps , a white sail sails , a white wraith passes silently in front of her eyes . |
| 17 | The window 's shut and he turns round and looks at me . |
| 18 | Then I imagine she turns round and I lean over and kiss her on the mouth . |
| 19 | A big van pulls up and they stick their stuff inside and get in , but just before they go , the man with the fog horn thing turns round and says all friendly like , ‘ Happy Christmas ’ . |
| 20 | While its hindquarters are towards you there is no real danger , but if it turns round and you can see its head you can bet that a bid to escape is pending . |
| 21 | The shark turns round and the reply comes back ‘ It 's one o'clock . ’ |
| 22 | Queenie then turns round and has to try and identify who is hiding the ball . |
| 23 | I have offered the fish some of his favourite food ( trout ) but he just ‘ feels ’ it and then turns round and ignores it . |
| 24 | And Lord 'Awke , the captain — well , 'e was a lord as was n't drunk as a … anyways , 'e turns round and says , ‘ Peel , yer orft . ’ |
| 25 | Turns round and looks as if a bus had hit it . |
| 26 | But when — suddenly — for no apparent reason your twin rejects the offer of marriage from the man you always believed she loved , and whom you always loved yourself ; when she turns round and says you can marry him yourself if you feel that strongly about him … suddenly your world is upside down . |
| 27 | The most surprising thing is if somebody turns round and asks you , like they did last year , ‘ Why is the sky blue ? ’ and a thing a lot of people do n't even think of , you end up being able to explain — I think that 's the appeal of it . |
| 28 | Then the orderly beats him over the head , pumps a couple of .38 's into Mahoney with a silenced gun , turns round and walks out . |
| 29 | As soon as the young caterpillar is free from its egg , it turns round and eats the shell , which is thought to contain valuable nutrients . |
| 30 | somebody else up you 've got a massive accent , but then turns round and says , Well so have you . |