Example sentences of "turned [adv prt] at [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here we see the usual linen winding-sheet , parted to show not only the face but the entire body , with the arms placed at his side and turned in at the elbows so that the hands meet over the groin . |
| 2 | From the basic shape it can be deduced that the arms were placed alongside the body , turned in at the elbows , with the hands on the groin . |
| 3 | ‘ I am happy to have afforded you amusement , ma'am , ’ he said ironically , and turned in at the gates of the Lodge . |
| 4 | ‘ He was going to hit you , ’ she said , and her mouth turned down at the corners . |
| 5 | The marquis 's lips turned down at the corners . |
| 6 | ‘ We got rid of an old woman and replaced him with a younger one , ’ Fergus said , mouth turned down at the corners , staring over his whisky tumbler and across the room to where his wife was talking to Antonia . |
| 7 | He had a pale face , deep blue eyes , hair darker and straighter than hers , and a mouth which curved and turned up at the corners in an almost feminine way . |
| 8 | Pauline 's wide , full mouth turned up at the corners . |
| 9 | The opening day of the trial was to be devoted to legal arguments and Mr Beltrami , Moira , Meehan and myself turned up at the Courts of Justice to hear them . |
| 10 | James turned up at the docks expecting a luxury liner , only to find a cargo ship and a deck-hand 's job waiting for him . |
| 11 | ‘ There was the time I turned up at the Arts Lab ( first and last time ) to see the Dylan film and could n't afford it . |
| 12 | He was happier with this , though , than with his rather over-pan-fried John Dory , which was dry and turned up at the edges . |
| 13 | It would be easy enough ( in theory ) to get money for Everest or K2 , but if Mick and Vic turned up at the doors of a giant multi-national with the word ‘ Ultar ’ on their portfolio , they might well be shown the corporate door . |
| 14 | The teacher turned up at the police station at eight the next morning to tell me she was taking responsibility for my daughter . |