Example sentences of "[modal v] turn [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it was back to the hooks in the faith that something must turn up . |
| 2 | It is part of the players ' contracts that all the semi-finalists must turn up to the function after the World Open title . |
| 3 | People must turn up at the proverbial factory gates fresh , fit and ready to toil . |
| 4 | Now Adam interrupted Miranda 's reverie by saying , ‘ By the way , Paul Littlejohn says that the trustees regretfully must turn down your request for funds to redecorate your house . |
| 5 | Rough ground needs care for 70 yards until the roof drops and further progress is possible only by crawling ; here amateur explorers must turn back to daylight , lack of experience denying them further access into a waterfall chamber and eventual emergence at Calf Holes . |
| 6 | ‘ We must turn back ! ’ |
| 7 | His country still insist he must turn out in an African Nations Cup qualifier against South Africa rather than the televised curtain-raiser at the City ground . |
| 8 | The Executive elected at that Conference was packed with diehards , and " a debate on cooperation against Labour revealed the depth of division : a motion calling for closer collaboration met strong opposition , but so did one calling simply for a Unionist government : They must turn out the man who was the greatest danger to the Conservative Party " , ( a voice — " Lloyd George " ) . |
| 9 | I should turn round and go straight back this minute ! ’ |
| 10 | Got nowt to do with him how much water you use at the garage , it 's pa you should turn round and ta |
| 11 | Glen-Gery in the US and the pulp side should turn around this year but David Taylor at UBS Phillips & Drew thinks that by paying interest instead of receiving it the group will make a much-the-same £10m this time , and may cut dividends to 4p . |
| 12 | It was not enough that Phoebe should turn up looking like a manual worker — ( 'But , for God 's sake , Maggie , I am a manual worker' ) — and wearing a button on her overalls which said ‘ This facility is under threat from rate-capping , ’ which made boys on buses make obscene jokes ; she also had to take on the maths teacher . |
| 13 | The shaikh complained that he had to leave in a hurry ; his opposite number had left by plane , and he had to drive urgently to Kufra for it was essential that as many people as possible should turn up , to emphasize the seriousness of the affair . |
| 14 | If you were particularly impressed by any of the candidates you may like to say that you have retained details on file in case anything suitable should turn up in the future . |
| 15 | While we were in Poona we bought darling Sally because Rachel had become rather afraid of dogs , and while we were there who should turn up one day but dear old Madriya — he had come out of Burma on foot with his wife and daughter — he carried my old sewing machine for some time ! |
| 16 | It was a perpetual anxiety with me that I should turn up at school wearing a dress that had been sold to that same shop by one of my fellow-pupils . |
| 17 | Then , a few years ago , what should turn up in Nam Cat Tien ? |
| 18 | So much so that occasionally Rosemary would insist on cooking supper and bringing it over — always with enough for an extra helping in case a guest should turn up . |
| 19 | And when I was offered a publicity interview who should turn up but Mr Branagh . |
| 20 | It also demonstrates that they have their root cause in godlessness ; so we should pray for our country , not that we should be saved from recession , but that we should turn back to God . |
| 21 | ‘ I think we should turn back . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ All the more reason why we should turn back . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I believe our communities expect the number of uniformed police trying to combat these crime should also be increased ‘ It seems ridiculous that the Home Secretary should turn down County Durham Constabulary 's bid for only 20 additional officers . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ If it should turn out to be true that God did intend males to exhibit strength in leadership roles and females to excel more as the guardians of society 's emotional resources , why should this be viewed ipso facto as an evil arrangement ? ’ |
| 25 | If vampires are capable of recognizing their friends , the experimentally starved bat should turn out to be fed only by those from its own original cave . |
| 26 | Only 0–40 per cent of pentads should turn out to be of this length or less in this context , so that the expected number of pentads like Saintbury is only about 0–0040 × 0–042 = 0–00017 — which is certainly significant at the 1 per cent level . |
| 27 | He adds that it is nature 's intention , for the purposes of generation , that some foetuses should turn out female . |
| 28 | He issued an order that all the able-bodied men in the garrison should turn out with shovels during the rare intervals between the downpours . |
| 29 | [ Ch 14 ] It is with a more elaborate example of this type of fanciful similitude that the impersonal " Dickens " introduces Mrs Rouncewell : She is a fine old lady , handsome , stately , wonderfully neat , and has such a back , and such a stomacher that if her stays should turn out when she dies to have been a broad old-fashioned family fire-grate , nobody who knows her would have cause to be surprised . |
| 30 | If it should turn out that the individual in question is an Englishman , and not brave , then the implicature is mistaken , but the utterance , Grice suggests , need not be false . |