Example sentences of "turn [adv prt] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stephen had turned down the first set of plans out of hand . |
| 2 | It was like when his Giro cheques from the unemployment people had n't turned up the last time he 'd been out of work ; it was all done to wear him down . |
| 3 | Turned out the last time the staff had seen him he was a student here and he 'd made such an arsehole of himself they 'd sworn they 'd never let him back in ! |
| 4 | He turned down the first street he came to , turned left , right , left again , he walked down a hill , along an alley , through a deserted square , but still he could n't find one anywhere . |
| 5 | ‘ Is that why you turned down the fifth series ? ’ |
| 6 | That way she 'd be more in command of the situation instead of turning up the next morning knowing all eyes were going to be fixed on her . |
| 7 | He turned up the first day of the term , picked up his grant , bought a guitar with it and then disappeared ‘ till the start of the next term and that term 's grant cheque . |
| 8 | The pupils thought he 'd been brought in specially for their benefit and turned up the next week with more surrealistic pieces . |
| 9 | When I told Malc , he turned up the next night with a gift-wrapped teddy for the baby . |
| 10 | And I had er had given myself a target of five thousand for Leith so I turned up the next and made my five thousand in fact I made five thousand and fifty signatures for the h and I believe myself if , if every branch were doing the same as I had been doing then we would have no problem at all in getting a hundred thousand signatures which is our aim . |
| 11 | They turned up the next street . |
| 12 | ‘ But , ’ said Fael-Inis , ‘ for the moment we are concerned with the Conablaiche , and with turning back the First Herald . |
| 13 | When he wins he turns up the next week as if nothing 's happened — and as if he has n't got a penny to his name , that 's the difference between Seve and others — what sets him apart a bit , I suppose . |
| 14 | Turn over the last page and the credits begin , ‘ The people in this novel are fictitious , the background of public events is not ’ . |
| 15 | And told to turn up the next morning , waited another four hours , finally a patient who 'd had an operation for a serious gall bladder operation two days before hand was kicked out of his bed and sent home so that she would be put in the bed , given the operation ! |
| 16 | Colleagues who one year lecture you at the Star Chamber on how you have more than enough money turn up the next asking for extra themselves . |
| 17 | ‘ Cinderella 's coach did n't turn up the second time around ? ’ |