Example sentences of "turn [adv prt] [prep] any " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Metropolitan Police have said that Courtney offered his services — but he was turned down for any work . |
| 2 | Marcus could have turned up at any moment . |
| 3 | She knew something , though not all , of his day 's programme : she 'd rung The Randolph at 10.45 p.m. and learned from the tour leader that her husband had not turned up at any point during the day to fulfil his commitments — and that in itself was quite out of character . |
| 4 | Normally , unless you have one of these keys , you would have to call the water company 's engineers if you wanted the mains turned off for any reason — perhaps to work on the mains stopcock inside the house . |
| 5 | ‘ How do you think it would look to my consortium if the chief designer and managing director of Bryce International , one of the major manufacturers of ocean racers , turned up in any other yacht but his own ? |
| 6 | During the 2nd World War seasons , as his career drew to a close , Albert became a magnificent utility player for the Palace , turning out in any position : as a full-back one week , a winger or striker the next , then as centre-half the next ! |
| 7 | Parties of twenty or thirty of them were liable to turn up at any Political gathering of which they disapproved , and their chant of " Left-is-right " , added to their readiness to fight anyone who tried to restore order , broke up meeting after meeting . |
| 8 | He is quick to point out that it 's not just enough to turn up in any of these activities : ‘ You have to prove to the examiners — and to yourself — that you can are willing to put in the effort to improve and better your standards . |
| 9 | As I 've grown older , I never cease to be amazed at the theories of the amateur detectives who always turn up at any tragic occurrence and immediately are able to give all the answers . |
| 10 | Gowie did n't turn up to any of the practices , did you ? ’ |
| 11 | Why does n't he turn up to any practices ? |
| 12 | And he may turn up at any moment with a simple explanation , and wonder what we 've been worrying about . ’ |
| 13 | and we we 've always thought that , you know , to have a beat officer that was going around that could perhaps turn up at any time , would at least be some deterrent in so much that |
| 14 | Banned from the dressingroom areas and the touchline , he could turn up in any number of disguises from hot-pie salesman to unhelpful steward . |
| 15 | Christmas plumbing problems could leave you with double the normal bill , though most contractors said they would not turn out at any price . |