Example sentences of "[adv] turn the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | She could not move , she could no longer turn the pages , but she kept her eyes down . |
| 2 | He now weighs twenty nine pounds … week old lambs would normally turn the scales at around fifteen pounds . |
| 3 | Compare this with the slide-back scooping block which uses the same technique but does not turn the body away . |
| 4 | Mr Capino , remembering the bloody massacre in Peking 's Tiananmen Square in June , says at least Marcos did not turn the army on his own people . |
| 5 | Even those of us who are keen to return the residents to London can not turn the clock back to those days , but I recommend Tower House to someone who would like to see Malmesbury go more gently into the future . |
| 6 | Did He not turn the righteous wrath of the crowd back upon themselves and ask those among them who were without sin , to cast the first stone ? |
| 7 | Having slugged back a glass of plum brandy , she says : ‘ I 'm a good Christian , but I 'll not turn the other cheek if some Albanian plucks out the eyes of a fellow Serb , or rapes a little girl , or castrates a 12-year-old Serbian boy … |
| 8 | The revolution , however , will not turn the clock back and abolish industry . |
| 9 | The 1927 Conference heard a moving appeal on the issue from a miner 's wife who referred to the women 's support for male trade unionists during the 1926 General Strike : ‘ Surely you will not turn the women down on this question because it was the women who stood four-square with you in your dispute ? ’ |
| 10 | Even though most of the 40 or so mothers can not afford the 35 pence-a-month school fees , will not turn the children away . |
| 11 | When Barcelona fell to General Yagüe 's troops on 26 January 1939 , it was clear that the Republic could not turn the tide in its favour . |
| 12 | If you do , on , if you 're in a negative cycle , and you do start getting positive reactions , if you 're lucky and recognise that , can they not turn the whole thing around ? |
| 13 | What is past is past and you can not turn the clock back . |
| 14 | Yeah , they 'll not turn the lights out until the till i make sure it 's out and everything . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'll just turn the cow out , ’ Jinny muttered . |
| 16 | Does that yeah does th that mean that if he 's say h he 's taunted about his race he sh he should just turn the other cheek and have a stiff upper lip ? |
| 17 | it must have been Thursday because I did n't want him to come , I said to Jim , tell him not to come we 'll just turn the whole lot off . |
| 18 | Hang on let me just turn the television down . |
| 19 | Why did n't you just turn the knob ? |
| 20 | Arthur can you just turn the bacon on the chicken and the potatoes ? |
| 21 | If you go much faster than that it gets windy very quickly , although the heater can still turn the cabin into blast furnace . |
| 22 | Senior did once turn the ball into the net but David Elleray was more alert than the referee of England 's 1986 World Cup tie against Argentina and had noticed the hand of a mere mortal . |
| 23 | There might not be space for two , and I could hardly turn the other man out now . |
| 24 | I could hardly turn the pages of my magazine . |
| 25 | This means you must always turn the light on when the carriage is at the right . |
| 26 | What we did say did n't encourage them to chat as we 'd always turn the conversation round to why they were keeping us like this . |
| 27 | It could also turn the spotlight unfavourably on the assertive Mrs Clinton , who has herself become a ‘ campaign issue ’ . |
| 28 | ‘ Can you really turn the mileage back with an electric drill ? ’ young Michael asked . |
| 29 | R was cold in there but Tammuz was so angry he decided he would n't turn the heating on . |
| 30 | And she could never be sure he would n't turn the gas on and forget to light it . |