Example sentences of "turn back [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Macedonian vehicles were being turned back at the Greek border and hundreds of thousands of demonstrators in Salonika ( Greek Macedonia ) protested on Feb. 14 at the republic 's use of the name Macedonia . |
| 2 | In Nottinghamshire no less than 164,508 ‘ presumed pickets ’ were turned back during the first 27 weeks of the strike ’ ( Wallington , 1985 : 154 ) . |
| 3 | I had thought I might stroll out towards the famous Liseberg Gardens , but I got no more than a couple of hundred yards before I was turned back by the pitiless downpour . |
| 4 | Ships were carved from the blighted forests with supernatural speed , and raiders moved as far as the Isle of the Dead before being turned back by the warding spells . |
| 5 | Suddenly , after a century of realism and what Rice calls ‘ little Protestant novels ’ , the tide is turning back towards the fantastical , towards ‘ magic , the extreme and the eccentric ’ . |
| 6 | Then , turning back to the two boys , she added . |
| 7 | Most were turning back to the western shore , to life but certain capture . |
| 8 | Rather , it is the case that people with a fairly strong religious tradition may react to crises by turning back to the traditional patterns of belief which not only made sense of their individual predicaments but which also created a strong sense of communal solidarity . |
| 9 | No-one can deny that being pretty helps — no female on breakfast television would have a career otherwise — but I can not believe that we are turning back to the dark days when it was deemed the most important thing of all . |
| 10 | Then , turning back to the offending beetle , he said slowly and deliberately , ‘ I take it you 've got three legs on each side of your body . |
| 11 | Turning back to the earlier extract which I have quoted , I note that Megaw L.J . |
| 12 | ‘ Goodnight , ’ she said , disappointed , turning back to the empty bar . |
| 13 | Turning back to the local rag he learned that the police had as yet no clue to the identity of the woman whose body had been fished out of the canal . |
| 14 | Turning back to the storm-rinsed windows and the dangerous electrical crackle of Darkfall lightning on the glass , he popped the pill and watched the water running down the glass in ever-increasing and mysterious rivulets . |
| 15 | Unable to accept again the superstitions he had discarded , nevertheless with time and misfortune he found himself turning back to the three deities who had guided his early life , and helped him through his harsh apprenticeship as a scribe : the reasonable Thoth , ibis-headed , god of the scribes ; Horus , son of Osiris ; and the protector of the hearth , Bes — the little god of his childhood . |
| 16 | They turned back into the swirling smoke , and up the ladder to the superstructure , regaining the door to the wireless hut . |
| 17 | so I thought he , he 's changing things he 's saying well I do n't think this is suitable and I do n't think my way of tackling this is suitable because he 's used to dealing with different kids , although they 're a similar age , they 're not very motivated or mighty but they 're more motivated than these kids , but he says like he 'll turned back towards the black board and he 'll be writing and they 're shouting abuse at him , F ing and blinding and he says it makes me so angry because I do n't know the voices well enough to know who 's saying it |
| 18 | It seemed that he had heard her , because there was silence again and Jinny turned back towards the little patch of bushes she was picking over . |
| 19 | He rose unsteadily and turned back to the shattered windows , breath coming in sobs . |
| 20 | As he turned back to the eerie blue-blackness of the strip lights in the corridor , Cardiff heard a thick grunt and the slap of someone falling heavily to the tiled floor . |
| 21 | He turned back to the young soldier and patted him affectionately . |
| 22 | He turned back to the young T'ang , nodding . |
| 23 | With Emery Walker he turned back to the Roman types of four hundred years before and to the beauty of woodcut title-pages . |
| 24 | Wycliffe turned back to the dead man . |
| 25 | She turned back to the left-hand side of the door and there , between Cross and the Diocesan Handbook , was the light green cover of the list of members of the Society of St Sylvester . |
| 26 | As though aware that her control was slipping again , Mrs Wallington turned back to the disciplined criss-cross of string and concentrated with almost palpable force . |
| 27 | He turned back to the glaring headlights and dimly made out the terrified eyes of the drivers and their passengers . |
| 28 | He glanced briefly at Fernando and , satisfied that she was in safe hands , turned back to the lovely air stewardess . |
| 29 | We turned back to the sprawling baggage , so profuse and various it seemed organic , mushrooming in the rich compost of arrivals and departures . |
| 30 | ‘ Do n't you get impertinent with me , Miss Honey ! ’ the Trunchbull snapped , then she turned back to the unfortunate Wilfred . |