Example sentences of "[adv] turn [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The long line of leading Conservatives on the platform fixed their faces into expressions of interested concern , and prepared themselves for what could only turn out to be a surfeit of oratory . |
| 2 | and we we 've always thought that , you know , to have a beat officer that was going around that could perhaps turn up at any time , would at least be some deterrent in so much that |
| 3 | She 'd better turn up soon , while there 's still time . |
| 4 | Well yesterday apparently he told her that she had better turn up this morning cos of her excuses . |
| 5 | When Bodo saw I was in trouble , he said ‘ We 'd better turn round and go out the other way . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'd better turn in . |
| 7 | From somewhere they would suddenly turn up in all sorts of fancy gear , funny sorts of knickerbockers and sweatshirts with strange devices thereon , and also funny hats . |
| 8 | At first I thought Elaine might suddenly turn up , then , as the years passed , I began to feel safe . |
| 9 | but you do n't suddenly turn round and go the other way do you ? |
| 10 | And it seems a bit much to suddenly turn round when you 're grown up and say to the mother , ‘ No , you should n't be like that . |
| 11 | So , I believe that what you 're also saying is that even if there were war , that would n't necessarily mean that the tap would suddenly turn off and there 'd be no more oil coming out of the Middle East ? |
| 12 | He could be offered an MD job in one of the UK divisions which he would obviously turn down ; but so what ! |
| 13 | I was given a couple of interviews straight off which , though unsuccessful , were useful practice and I felt confident that something would soon turn up . |
| 14 | Not deterred the offer price was raised and raised again , until the family could no longer turn down this fabulous offer . |
| 15 | THE fact that Mickey Mouse did not turn up in London for the announcement of Eurodisney 's share price , preferring to battle it out with anti-Disney demonstrators in Paris , shows where the focus of the Europe-wide issue is . |
| 16 | ‘ After a few days in the gym here I would wake up and hope that the sparring partners would not turn up . |
| 17 | ‘ After a few days in the gym here I would wake up and hope that the sparring partners would not turn up . |
| 18 | Even then Spain 's army might not turn up when needed . |
| 19 | My students see that I can manage to get to work every day , and I think they would feel guilty if they did not turn up too . ’ |
| 20 | You can turn down a fire hose to water a garden , but you can not turn up a garden hose sufficiently to tackle a fire . |
| 21 | ‘ When the goalkeeper did not turn up one day , I was the biggest so I went in goals , ’ he said . |
| 22 | Eventually they agreed on an appointment at nine o'clock the next morning , but Indenbaum was still convinced that Modigliani would not turn up . |
| 23 | It had various elements : detention upon arrest should only continue if the person was unwilling to identify himself or herself ; or if there was a likelihood that he or she would not turn up at court ; or if there was a need to prevent the continuation or repetition of the offence ; or if the arrest was essential to protect the arrested person or other persons or property or to secure evidence by questioning or other means . |
| 24 | There were moments when Henry thought she would not turn up for the funeral , so magnificent was she about the whole thing , but as the date approached he noticed she was wearing more and more black jewellery , black scarves , capes , cloaks and jerseys , stockings , blouses and hats . |
| 25 | Angry with Nutty for her pigheadedness and superior airs , Nails did not turn up for the next swimming lesson . |
| 26 | And travelling maintenance crews may not turn up from one year to the next because of the immense areas they have to cover . |
| 27 | As a result , in some schools , half the children did not turn up . |
| 28 | This means that you should not turn up in casual clothes which express your out-of-work personality , enchanting as that may be , nor should you wear the sort of ‘ best ’ clothes which would make you the star at a party but which are patently unsuitable for day-today working situations . |
| 29 | Just because there is no job immediately on the horizon do not turn up looking a mess . |
| 30 | Do not turn up with an extra child to be fitted in to the same appointment . |