Example sentences of "when [pers pn] turned [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He has suggested , though , that the two practices should merge , and seemed amazed when I turned down the idea . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | Trusting virgins drafted into marriage never found Nature had all the answers when they turned out the light . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It was a fatal move , of course , because when he turned back the leprechaun had gone . ’ |