Example sentences of "and turn [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is a meticulous writer and turns up for filming knowing his lines perfectly . |
| 2 | The light-weight rock froth itself is quite familiar , and turns up in British bathrooms ; it is , of course , pumice . |
| 3 | ‘ Goodnight , ’ she says firmly and turns over on her side . |
| 4 | ‘ You 're unreasonable , ’ he snarls , and turns away from her . |
| 5 | And turns again to the stove , furiously stirring . |
| 6 | But the ballet itself was shaping well ‘ and turns out to be altogether better technically than Soldier 's Tale ’ . |
| 7 | Frodo 's elegy for Gandalf ends on the word ‘ died ’ ; but Sam 's coda prefers ‘ flowers ’ , and turns out to be truer in the end . |
| 8 | Around the corner , the small office which looks like a hole in the wall of a shady bookie and turns out to be something of an art gallery , is again amiably in flow . |
| 9 | In Get Richie Quick ! , the hero 's ex-wife Lola asks him to find some missing family documents and turns out to be setting him up to take the blame for a series of axe murders she 's been committing since she was six years old . |
| 10 | The occupant of the next room ( John Goodman ) makes a lot of noise and turns out to be a serial killer . |
| 11 | Today he is more of a celebrity than an actor , making cameo appearances , commercials and turning up at premières . |
| 12 | Time was rolling over him like a huge millstone , a broad grey abrasive surface turning and turning just above him , crushing him smaller , wearing him away . |
| 13 | However , it is possible to see the outside of the well section by continuing down the stairs and turning right behind the dining room . |
| 14 | And turning finally to Section four background to the first half of this motion er relating to consultations . |
| 15 | Some are undoubtedly produced when ropy strands or shreds of sticky lava are flung up out of the vent , twisting and turning slightly in the air before falling back to earth ; these are known as rope or ribbon bombs , and they may be as much as one metre long . |
| 16 | Randall smiled again with a hint of mockery , settled the bet and turning away with his kerchief pressed even more firmly to his nose , moved into the cockpit where the cock-masters were preparing their birds for the fight . |
| 17 | And turning away from calls to battle and the accompanying rise in blood pressure , it seems reasonable for teachers of literature to go on teaching what they have been trained to teach , and what they like , understand , and are familiar with , without also having to take on many varieties of history — intellectual , cultural , political , social , economic , artistic , and musical — not to mention sociology , the study of popular culture , including the merest graffito , and , inevitably , literary theory . |
| 18 | God knows ! ’ he said , and turning away from her , walked rapidly away . |
| 19 | He gave it the significance of a personal belief and turning lazily in his chair to inform Charles with more than a trace of arrogance , ‘ Old Guards ’ proverb . ’ |
| 20 | These , although they must be travelling very fast initially , seem to move quite slowly , twisting and turning lazily in the air and tracing out elegant parabolic paths as they fall back to earth round the vent . |
| 21 | The ketchup bottle cascaded out into a million glass fragments which showered down in slow motion ; floating and turning lazily like snowflakes , the light shivering in them like jewels . |
| 22 | Rosa 's look cut her short , and turning stoutly to the children , with quite uncharacteristic toughness towards her mother , she demanded , ‘ What 's it like ? ’ |
| 23 | Now other freeways are converging upon his , passing above and beneath , wheeling and turning all round him . |
| 24 | I just like the food and the booze and turning out on Boxing Day for the hunt . |
| 25 | Get out the pen and paper again and make a list of all the jobs you have to do , from mucking out and turning out to feeding and preparing haynets . |
| 26 | Just for a moment , standing by the window , dropping the edge of the curtain he had lifted and turning back towards the cot , Adam saw the picture again , saw it with an awful clarity on the darkness before his eyes . |
| 27 | Its ability to weave in and out of the enemies is unbelievable , and turning back on yourself sends it into a tight mid-air manoeuvre that would tax a Harrier jump jet ! |
| 28 | And turning back to me : ‘ You 'll do something , eh ? |
| 29 | Toni 's voice , which reminds me of Phoebe Snow 's ’ growled ’ through the opening song , as she moved gracefully across the stage barefooted , her hand extended out , portraying a dance of its own , twisting and turning almost in slow motion . |
| 30 | When Luke moved her back towards one of the couches , she complied mindlessly , letting him pull her down with him and turning in towards him as he drew her across him , supporting her with one arm while his free hand curved round her , instinct or experience guiding him to the concealed zip of her simple dress . |