Example sentences of "turn [adv] and [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could hear Mrs Owen being castigated for not having turned right and left , instead of left and right , to Haematology , seeing as it was her first time . |
| 2 | A very large number have been turned away and told to go back home . ’ |
| 3 | Is he aware also that during that time scale many seriously ill patients had to be turned away and had to go to other hospitals and that patients using the unit had to be taken out of it prematurely so that others more seriously ill could take their place ? |
| 4 | Dad just turned away and did n't reply . |
| 5 | He had turned away and tried to avoid his eye , but it had been him , no question . |
| 6 | One aircraft dropped its torpedo outside the Harbour and attempted to run it through the Harbour entrance , the fifth aircraft , unable to locate its target , returned to base with its torpedo , and the sixth aircraft , piloted by P/O Atherton , must also have turned away and retired seaward . |
| 7 | His eyes seemed to be dark with emotion , and she wanted to say something , even apologise again , but he had turned away and started the car . |
| 8 | Having instigated the new lead , the FA have turned away and allowed it to develop into an organisation in which the voice of reason struggles for a hearing . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'll make sure that I 'll bring her back in one piece , ’ André was saying , but Piers had turned away and gave no indication of having heard what was being said to him . |
| 10 | There are other times when I 've turned back and felt ‘ gosh no , this is wrong ’ and afterwards thought why did I turn back , maybe I should have carried on . |
| 11 | The boys leapt out of the motorbike 's path but the rider simply turned around and charged on . |
| 12 | Using the corner to steady myself , I slowly and silently turned about and moved to my right , into the blackness of the side alley . |
| 13 | Perhaps those bombers had flown up the river as they always did , just so the sirens would send Liverpudlians hurrying to the shelters for yet another night , then perversely they had turned inland and dropped their bomb loads on Manchester instead . |
| 14 | Yeah , well he 's already turned round and told my mother he 's not knocking |
| 15 | On sighting the desolate Andes after a voyage of four months , they were far from delighted , and apparently turned round and sailed back towards their atolls . |
| 16 | At the door Agnes suddenly turned round and came back . |
| 17 | Artemis , down on her knees , just turned round and stared for a moment , before Rosie took her hand and pulled her to her feet . |
| 18 | You could have just turned round and had a look . |
| 19 | So she could n't go out to work cos she 'd got young girls to bring up so they went to the social and the social turned round and said to them before we give you any money you 've got ta spend all this bloody redundancy you 've got ta have used all your savings , including the kids savings , and you 've got ta have nothing ! |
| 20 | This Henry almost persuaded them to do — until the Young King also demanded that Richard should swear his oath on a holy relic ; at which Richard simply turned round and declared that Aquitaine was his anyway by right from his mother and had nothing to do with anyone else . |
| 21 | The two officers gave chase but Dunsheath suddenly turned round and brandished an open Lock Knife at one of them , PC Adams . |
| 22 | The two officers gave chase but Dunsheath suddenly turned round and brandished an open lock knife at one of them . |
| 23 | ’ And Trevor just turned round and gave it this tremendous kick . |
| 24 | I had a brief view of flailing arms and flying pans followed by a prolonged metallic clatter , then the little man reappeared like a projectile , turned right and sped away from me up the street . |
| 25 | Reaching Georgia Street I turned right and walked past the old Hotel Vancouver to the Hotel Georgia . |
| 26 | I turned right and walked up to a crossroads where two shops and a bar were open ; I could n't go in because I had no money , so I continued up the road . |
| 27 | She had expected him to get a water-taxi , but he turned right and walked along the fondamenta , matching his stride to her slower pace . |
| 28 | He turned right and went half-way along the corridor and knocked at the fourth door . |
| 29 | Instead of turning left over the canal bridge which would have taken him into the village , he turned right and began walking out of the village on the Brookend road . |
| 30 | He knocked on the door , a voice rasped ‘ Come in , ’ the Sergeant opened the door , I stepped into the room , turned right and gave one of my best salutes . |