Example sentences of "turn [adv prt] [prep] [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shapely brunette , whose job was to help Davies kick his heroin and cocaine addiction and keep him on the straight and narrow , was turned on by their wild romps . |
| 2 | I had applied to continue full-time research following my degree course , but this had been turned down by my chief officers ; however , I had been told that assistance for part-time study would almost certainly be approved in view of the national policy of encouraging officers to extend their educational qualifications . |
| 3 | So I was turned down in my own county town in favour of a stranger … |
| 4 | The fact that the d.c. supply may remain on when the receiver is turned off at its own switch ( usually ganged to the Volume control ) is a worry . |
| 5 | A chap just turned up with my lost golf clubs . |
| 6 | Then Amanda had turned up on her own at Meg 's leaving party , and he 'd managed to monopolise her in a corner of Meg 's kitchen . |
| 7 | When Milton goes in the field he is usually turned out on his own . |
| 8 | The opportunity which he seized turned out to his own detriment . |
| 9 | His wife and children face being turned out of their 17th century farmhouse after 12 years there . |
| 10 | She will lunch with selected guests in the new council offices , and an hour beforehand they are all turned out in their best suits and dresses fidgeting in anticipation . |
| 11 | She plunged into the crowds , who had turned out in their thousands to greet her , as though she had been doing it all her life . |
| 12 | Paul and Malcolm Bream first spent time exploring possible sources of voluntary funding , and then saw what might be done with the local authority , but have now turned back to their original search for their own place . |
| 13 | He turned on to his right side , then he turned on to his left , wracked with the shamefulness of the memory . |
| 14 | He turned on to his right side . |
| 15 | He turned on to his right side , then he turned on to his left , wracked with the shamefulness of the memory . |
| 16 | Huddle had told him about the rogue , turning up in his garish garments and standing on the church steps , offering to sell pardons to those who could afford them . |
| 17 | Then they turned up with their little son , Daniel , to introduce him to me . |
| 18 | More than 40 children aged between three and five turned up as their favourite nursery rhyme or story book characters . |
| 19 | And that was where at the age of sixteen , I turned up for my first job interview . |
| 20 | ALTHOUGH John Kirwan might be in a honeymoon mood at the moment after the whole All Black team turned up at his recent marriage in Italy ( see pages 54 and 65 ) , his good humour is unlikely to last too long if the NZRFU meeting on December 12 and 13th decides to take action against him over his public announcement that he would not make himself available for the All Blacks if Auckland coach John Hart is not Grizz Wyllie 's successor as national coach . |
| 21 | erm Irene turned up on her own ! |
| 22 | And the birds turned up of their own volition ? |
| 23 | The ‘ Blanco script ’ — with its romance , riddles and emotion — captured the imagination of the public who turned up in their thousands to bid him farewell in his first and last Championship final . |
| 24 | another Central South success story this year has been the form of Gloucestershire racing trainer David Nicholson … yesterday he opened his new stables at Ford for the very first time and racing folk turned up in their thousands |
| 25 | Now , as the party fodder turned up in their glittering clothes , I began to see that Eva was using the evening not as a celebration but as her launch into London . |
| 26 | Might have been more restful than running round like a lunatic stuffing pâté de foie gras into the undeserving old ghouls who turned up in their dozens today . ’ |
| 27 | And as they were fretting about it being nicked , it turned up in their own backyard . |
| 28 | Positive thinking will have to wait a while , but it augurs well for one of the young ringsiders who turned up in his smartest suit and said : ‘ What a disgusting fight ; I wish I 'd worn my tracksuit . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Would you rather I turned up in my paint-stained jeans and smelling of turpentine ? ’ |
| 30 | On the night I turned up in my red leotard and dippy skirt with a heavier than usual coat of paint on , to find , to my horror , that Cleo Roccas of Kenny Everett fame and a young lady much featured on Page 3 , called Gilly , I think , were already up on the stage , surrounded by a sixty-strong swarm of Street of Shame photographers , all climbing up each other 's anoraks and screaming ‘ Lean forward , Cleo — a bit further , give us a smile , lick your lips , Gilly — lovely , lovely — hitch that skirt up a bit … ’ |