Example sentences of "turning [adv prt] the page " in BNC.
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| 1 | But turning over the pages of poor Hewlett 's unreadable but honest ‘ Song of the Plough ’ , one wonders about that . |
| 2 | ‘ You draw good pictures , ’ said the boy , turning over the pages of the note-book till he came to the whole page drawing of a pheasant , the cock pheasant that Philip had coloured in at home . |
| 3 | Father Poole muttered abstractedly , turning over the pages . |
| 4 | The first one , turning over the page , relates to er , grant maintained schools , erm , the fact that erm , the calculation of the indirect maintenance grant is based on last year 's percentages . |
| 5 | ‘ You know what the trouble is with these bloody monstrosities ? ’ asks Neil Strachan , turning back the pages of the journal with his disapproving Presbyterian fingers . |