Example sentences of "turn [adv prt] [prep] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes it is , sometimes it is n't , but what black people have to do is to become so well qualified that they can not be turned down on this basis — or at least if they are they can refer it to the Race Relations Board . |
| 2 | Do n't tell me something 's turned up at this stage to stop Cris getting away ? ’ |
| 3 | She made sure that Duart and his heir would be magnificently turned out for this visit to a foreign clan . |
| 4 | But how often are modules turned down in this way ? |
| 5 | Quite a gesture , turning up at this hour . |
| 6 | So many turned up for this emergency meeting of Swindon 's railway pensioners , that more than a hundred had to stand outside . |
| 7 | A year ago at Unix Expo time we said IBM Corp was interested in moving AIX on to PC platforms other than its own to dispel its proprietary air ( UX No 359 ) : true to the promise , Blue turned up at this year 's Expo with AIX PS/2 Version 1.3 supporting non-Micro Channel boxes and running on Dell Computer Corp , AST Research Inc and Compaq Computer Corp . |
| 8 | Problem was I was playing a British Military Police Chief , and I still had my uniform on when I turned up at this place . |
| 9 | I remembered I had a pistol if I needed it , and turned back towards this man of the island . |
| 10 | Another character turns up at this stage in the obese and blustering form of Judge Sir John Popham . |
| 11 | ‘ I can see the point he was trying to make — the Pallas ' Sandgrouse only turns up in this country once every 10 or 20 years . |
| 12 | ‘ If you think I 'm going to let you turn out at this time of night you 've got another think coming . |
| 13 | ‘ We expect thousands of people will turn up for this rave , which has been organised and advertised without the school 's knowledge . |