Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] turned [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He strolled along by the front of the house until he reached the north wing , where he turned down the grassy slope towards the trees . |
| 2 | Jane found it cold , but her visitors found it freezing , so she turned up the thermostat to seventy . |
| 3 | ‘ He has suggested , though , that the two practices should merge , and seemed amazed when I turned down the idea . |
| 4 | No — that would be too much to expect , she decided with a pang of misery that made her blink as she turned over the food . |
| 5 | ‘ And I could n't see , so we could n't do any more the things we used to — just little things , like watching the sunset , or laughing at a holopic when we turned out the lights in bed , or me reading a poem to her . |
| 6 | The snow crunched a protest under the car wheels , as we turned down the country road which led to our home , thoughts of a hot cup of tea uppermost in our minds . |
| 7 | Trusting virgins drafted into marriage never found Nature had all the answers when they turned out the light . |
| 8 | She had not been pleased when it turned out the credit chip he needed to pay her fine was with the rest of his stuff on Plenty . |
| 9 | I am employing the kind of argument that has been used to resist demands that God prove Himself by miraculous interventions of some form — demands that in Christian tradition Christ himself refused to satisfy when he turned down the Pharisees ' request for a ‘ sign ’ and asked that they have faith instead . |
| 10 | It was a fatal move , of course , because when he turned back the leprechaun had gone . ’ |
| 11 | As it turned out the problem came not from the Opposition but from our own side . |
| 12 | As it turned out the final Report , published in 1889 after almost five years of investigation , did embody a number of recommendations regarding the education of deaf children in future Education Acts , thus setting out for the first time proper legislation with regard to compulsory entry , ages of admission , the length of education , the size of classes , and even that Principals/Headmasters of boarding institutions had to reside on the premises . |
| 13 | As it turned out the selection of Glaze ( who later played a comic Doctor in a Christmas pantomime for the children 's variety show Crackerjack ) proved inspired . |
| 14 | But as it turned out the solution was to prove one of the biggest problems of all , mainly because Taurus aimed to accommodate not just the users in the shape of the institutions and individuals which buy and sell shares , but also those with a vested interest in the existing system — the banks who make considerable money from their roles as registrars and custodians . |
| 15 | The morning air was sharp and bracing as he turned down the avenue . |
| 16 | As he turned down the passageway Ian wondered just how true that would turn out to be . |
| 17 | As he turned back the coverlet of the bed where he must sleep alone , Frere consoled himself with the thought that what he was incapable of accomplishing himself might be accomplished for him by time and that providential hand , of which , in his earnest efforts outside the home , he was the faithful instrument . |
| 18 | As he turned out the gas jet he whistled to himself . |