Example sentences of "turn [adv prt] [prep] [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The entire stock of the nation 's glasses turns over in two years so there is no reason why this measure should result in any implementation costs or why the price of a pint should go up .
2 He appeals against the sentence on April 9 , but it is the day of the election and no one notices that his plea is turned down by three Court of Appeal judges .
3 They must be turned in within 30 days after taking delivery of a Sun IPX or SparcStation 2 .
4 Executive power in many fields was turned over to seven committees of the State Council .
5 Some , like Archibald earl of Argyll and Bothwell , initially stayed away ; but Bothwell at least turned up on 15 March , to promise the support of himself and his kin and friends to Arran , for which his estates in Liddesdale were restored .
6 TSB Direct also claims loans can be turned round in five days from application .
7 It was completed in nineteen hundred and twelve , turned down by three publishing houses , including the Nouvelle Revue Française , and finally accepted by Grasset on the understanding that , while it would appear under Grasset 's imprint , it would also appear at the author 's expense .
8 As Christmas approaches goods like these are turning up at one day sales , car boot sales and market stalls .
9 But , predictably enough , the three turned up with three moose and bargained them all aboard , one on each wing , the third across the fuselage .
10 Koo Stark turned up for one case wearing a short and flowery little-girl 's party frock with velvet cuffs , which said , ‘ Gee , I am gentle , I am vulnerable in the big bad world . ’
11 After the engine turned up at Three Bridges a BR spokesman — skilled at blaming delays on ‘ leaves on the line ’ — explained that lost trains did ‘ occasionally occur ’ .
12 This morning for instance the Scottish executive of the people 's party will have an opportunity to examine the fruits of some of the labours of the Scottish Trades Union Congress , which has been functioning as the honest broker following the swiftly evaporating euphoria of the 25,000 souls who turned up on 12 December .
13 The paramedics turned up within ten minutes and as they turned up I passed out , so they applied the defibrillator to my chest and the next thing I knew from one minute to sitting talking to them I knew I was on the ground and they 'd brought me round .
14 In the first two months 90 per cent of short distance trains turned up after five minutes and 96 per cent of long distance trains turned up after ten minutes .
15 In the first two months 90 per cent of short distance trains turned up after five minutes and 96 per cent of long distance trains turned up after ten minutes .
16 Baines turned out for seven League clubs , chiefly Huddersfield , Bradford City , Walsall , Scunthorpe and Chesterfield .
17 Fabia gathered that he approved of her walking shoes , but , even so , it did not stop him from warning , somewhat severely , I 'm not turning back in five minutes . ’
18 You 've got to give them a very specific task to do and give them the support and the materials to do it with and make sure it happens so that when they turn up at 3 o ’ clock , it 's set up to go .
19 Last quarter , the nearest station failed to turn out to 90 calls .
20 And travelling maintenance crews may not turn up from one year to the next because of the immense areas they have to cover .
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