Example sentences of "[conj] this turned [adv] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Yet although this turned out to be the case and Edna 's and Bert 's spells at Four Winds gave Harriet increasing support , she was still unable to rouse Liza out of her permanent lethargy or to get her further than the garden gate .
2 Thus lawyer B has been characterised as professionally integrated , although this turned out to be a rather mixed blessing for his clients .
3 He allowed himself to break his rule of a language based on observation by naming ‘ eminently respirable air ’ oxygen , which means the generator of acids ; and this turned out to be a mistake .
4 I did not believe that he was likely to be one of my examiners in Finals , and this turned out to be true .
5 Already they were aware that if this turned out to be true , it would be revolutionary for geophysics and possibly for fusion research .
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