Example sentences of "and they turned [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Michael , at a push , will admit to being the most sensible of the three ; Andy , Mr Agreeable and Fyfe , Mr Invisible ( ‘ I was sitting in a cab with someone from the record company and they turned round to Andy and said ‘ Where 's your drummer ? ’ )
2 They looked perfectly ordinary , and they turned in through the gates and went up the drive .
3 All they could do was to look at her but no one could read Rose 's face and they turned back to their books .
4 And er they went into instead of coming to Skerrymor and said there was no mine there and they turned back to Tobermory again .
5 He waved weakly after the car but he did not speak as Rose shut the door and they turned back into the house .
6 If you bought some shoes described as leather and they turned out to be made of plastic then clearly you 've bought some shoes which are not as described .
7 And they turned out to be made of manmade fibres .
8 One day Victoria made herself a pair of earrings out of porcelain to go with a particular dress , and they turned out to be the start of a new part-time career .
9 We met the students on Sunday — had dinner with them in the Sichuan restaurant , as I said , and they turned out to be very pleasant , one girl ( whose blonde hair must strike the Chinese with amazement ) and three men , sporting their long hair in defiance of the Chinese preference for short back-and-sides .
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