Example sentences of "turning [adv] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turn left on the road and walk for around 900 yards before turning right onto a path which leads up to the old railway and joins a road up to Castle Bolton Village . |
| 2 | you can either turn left and follow the road for 100yds turning right onto a path above a stream . |
| 3 | Relaxed and complacent , we headed our way out of the pub and down to a dip — then straight up a ferocious bank turning right at a junction in the road , signposted to Dale End . |
| 4 | We can find the beginnings of an alternative defence of utilitarianism , not turning merely on a question begging appeal to the meaning of ethical words , in Bentham . |
| 5 | Mr Tom stood in front of her , pulled out his pincenez on the spring in his lapel , eyed her from her feet upwards , turning away without a word and marching , practically , straight out of the building . |
| 6 | Turning away from a regard that seemed faintly menacing , she tried to look as though she knew what she was doing as she rearranged some sweaters . |
| 7 | Also , if we turn away uncritically from a voice-we hate or fear , then we are turning away from a source of conflict — and conflict is one of the writer 's richest foods . |
| 8 | Now it 's a downturn , the cinema is turning more towards a medium in which thought can be fostered . ’ |
| 9 | AT THE first bend in the narrow lane from Guestwick to Corpusty there are the vestiges of an old carriageway turning off into a field in a south-westerly direction . |
| 10 | From the end of the lane , a circular walk may be made as suggested on the map , starting along the path to Selside but turning off after a mile to aim due north for the far end of the Allotment wall . |
| 11 | I thought my form had been good enough throughout the year to warrant selection , but there is always that niggling doubt , especially as I had angered Frank Dick by not turning up for a relay practice at Loughborough where he was engaged in running the annual Summer School for athletics . |
| 12 | A number of unused tickets , from not only the BCR have been turning up with a date in the year 1933 . |
| 13 | Will home helps start turning up with a set of clubs ? |
| 14 | One day he excelled himself , turning up with a piece of furniture the size of a large sideboard which housed the coveted television set along with a radiogram and a place to keep your records . |
| 15 | So I think you 've , both those questions have got ta be addressed by the , the unions that the s , that the , the second one in terms of turning up on a Saturday . |
| 16 | Hundreds were able to pay their respects and express their condolences by turning up at a charity rugby match at Shiplake College , Berkshire , in aid of the Charlotte Starmer-Smith Memorial Fund which aims to purchase medical equipment for the treatment of blood diseases . |
| 17 | At a Labour conference you get Gerry Adams turning up at a fringe meeting , and he the leader of Sinn Fein , which is cousin to the IRA , which in 1984 , in this same town , blew up the Grand Hotel in an attempt to murder the Prime Minister and Cabinet . |
| 18 | The sight of the brigade turning out to a call , pulled by magnificent black horses , drew every child within half a mile of the Works main gates when the warning hooter sounded . |
| 19 | Cook slightly before turning out onto a wire rack . |
| 20 | Mason weighed in at 17st 103 4 lb for Biggs , heavier by 10lb than ever before , and attributes this to a groin injury sustained when turning out in a charity football match . |
| 21 | How many people now remember his humiliation as chancellor of the Exchequer , turning back on a trip to Heathrow en route for a meeting of the International Monetary Fund in order that he could draft an application for a loan from the same organisation , then appearing in the Blackpool bear garden to be publicly abused ? |
| 22 | In the Hall study accidents at 177 signalized crossroads were analysed over a period of four years , over this period accidents involving a vehicle turning right outnumbered those to vehicles turning left by a ratio of 6.6:1 ( accidents involving one vehicle turning in each direction were excluded from the analysis ) . |
| 23 | His face was open and honest and smiled readily , the generous mouth turning upwards into a handlebar moustache . |
| 24 | ‘ Jones , actually , ’ said Sir John , turning round with a smile . |