Example sentences of "to turn [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was about to turn away without a word when Topaz said gently : |
| 2 | He had either supported Michael Heseltine in his leadership bid ( ‘ disloyal to dear Mrs Thatcher ’ ) or had failed to turn up to a multitude of constituency functions , wine and cheeses , bring and buys . |
| 3 | A former Grand National jockey charged with burglary and deception has failed to turn up for a court appearance . |
| 4 | A friend failing to turn up for a date may reawaken deep-seated fears of abandonment . |
| 5 | The alarm was raised when she failed to turn up for a meeting with students . |
| 6 | ‘ Now , I sat up in bed last night reading papers because I did n't want to turn up at a meeting unprepared . |
| 7 | If she had to take her own reading things she ought to start collecting them now , whereas if they supplied them it would be embarrassing to turn up with a bag of newspapers , as if you did n't know how to behave . |
| 8 | She wrote to him quite sharply , not caring who read her letter , that : — it is impossible for me to post a gun as you ought to know you foolish man for what would the post office officials think were I to turn up with a gun to send ? |
| 9 | Well they 're given a time to turn up in a group are n't they ? |
| 10 | To turn back now from the monastic life , however it had been approached , was to turn back to a world of uncertainty and to face a future in which only damnation was assured . |
| 11 | be careful in the dusk , remember mirror , signal , manoeuvre once you start to overtake move quickly passed the vehicle you are overtaking , when overtake er , overtake only on the right except when the driver in the front has signalled that he intends to turn right , you can overtake him on the left , without getting in the way , when you want to turn left at a junction , when traffic is moving slowly in queues and be er , in a lane on the right and moving more slowly than you are , in one way streets , but not dual carriageways , maybe with a path on either side , when traffic is moving as described , do not increase your speed while being overtaken , slow down if necessary to let the overtaking vehicle pass . |
| 12 | If I interpreted it correctly — ‘ Nothing is definite , you must interpret the words ’ , Liese said — I had only to keep lying on my bed of North Shore nails for it to turn ultimately into a pillow of foam . |