Example sentences of "turn [adv] [coord] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The men lowered core moulds made of orange sand into the boxes , which were turned over and joined to boxes containing the other half of the moulds ( the bottom half was the drag , the top the cope — the first bit of jargon she had managed to master ) and moved forward on the track to the casting area . |
| 2 | To produce the latter the inner coffin was placed on to a width of lead which was then cut so as to be three inches larger all round than the coffin itself ; this was then turned up and tacked to the wood . |
| 3 | Edward was not fond of Sandra ; she was a prissy little girl , always fastidiously turned out and given to exclamations of disgust and revulsion . |
| 4 | She had said , ‘ Better luck next time , Andrew , ’ and had turned about and walked to the door . |
| 5 | Using the corner to steady myself , I slowly and silently turned about and moved to my right , into the blackness of the side alley . |
| 6 | ‘ If they had turned round and said to me , ‘ That 's a good idea , why do n't you do it for us here ? ’ |
| 7 | So she could n't go out to work cos she 'd got young girls to bring up so they went to the social and the social turned round and said to them before we give you any money you 've got ta spend all this bloody redundancy you 've got ta have used all your savings , including the kids savings , and you 've got ta have nothing ! |
| 8 | Then he turned away and went to sleep and I lay there and wept , feeling an absolute failure ’ . |
| 9 | Lucy made no reply as she turned away and went to where Matt was placing zipper bags of clothing for the men into the minibus . |
| 10 | I turned away and said to Miss Kenton : |
| 11 | Nell turned away and began to eagerly search the mass of notes , manuals and graphs stacked on desks . |
| 12 | Vincent turned away and staggered to the wire and hung limp across it , his body trembling . |
| 13 | Myeloski turned away and walked to the river-wall , leant against it . |
| 14 | Then , before the other could reply , he turned away and nodded to Fenton . |
| 15 | She turned away and sank to her knees . |
| 16 | Alright alright alright , I 'm turning off and going to work . |
| 17 | Then , he turned aside and said to one of the vibrancers lounging against the legs of his couch , ‘ Who purchased this one ? ’ |
| 18 | Leave to cool slightly in the tin before turning out and transferring to a wire rack to cool completely . |
| 19 | Leave to cool slightly in the tin(s) before turning out and transferring to a wire rack to cool completely . |
| 20 | Leave to cool in the tin for 15 minutes before turning out and transferring to a wire rack to cool completely . |
| 21 | He was at the front door when , on impulse , he turned back and said to Meg Dennison : ‘ I think you mentioned that you walked from the Old Rectory , Mrs Dennison . |
| 22 | Then he turned abruptly and strode to the door . |
| 23 | he wanted to be the decision maker , and he wanted to make the decision on every single thing himself and then he was turning round and saying to his secretary , well ca n't you do anything ? |
| 24 | I opened the can and poured the Coke , and Mrs Young , who happened to be sitting alone at the next table , turned round and said to Xanthe sweetly that she , Mrs Young , would pay for the Coke , and would n't Xanthe come and join her ? |
| 25 | Oh , Anne was telling me she said er she went out last night and mum turned round and said to her now do n't you be late home cos it 's cold out there . |
| 26 | Well the Solicitors turned round and said to him that there 's a twenty five per cent chance he 'll lose his licence , but then he 'll get there erm , but most he 'll probably get is about a month , and then he said , well surely your job could find you something to do in that time , has said , no licence , no job , so what he had to do was to . |
| 27 | But er she 's coming a and gives him twenty five pounds for what he 's done oh he came in , he came into the kitchen , it 's ever so funny , he came into the kitchen to tell me about this you see Anyway he came back in there and I said to him I 'm not really enthusiastic about the thought er thinking that I was involved with this as well so the dear woman turned round and said to me it 's only your husband so I said well I 'd better go back in the kitchen where I know my place . |
| 28 | But if you turned round and said to them all right with the consent of the people and with the consent of the Planning Authority we will authorize a site , we would get on and provide it , and they would n't spend four hundred thousand pounds of the taxpayers money in doing it , and it does n't stop there because having spent the four hundred thousand pounds you 've then got to provide the wardening of the site and the constant maintenance , which is a drain . |
| 29 | And er , last time I I get in touch , me mum told me , turned round and says to me , I do n't want any more mum , I says why , he says , oh she wo n't let me have pillow and then I then I think if summat else brought to light , I kill her |
| 30 | As I reached the edge of the woods and stopped playing , I turned round and waved to Colonel Young . |