Example sentences of "turn and " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only conditions of this contest are that the piece must be largely turned and must be a toy . |
| 2 | All the handles are turned and are 45mm long , and fitted with brass ferrules . |
| 3 | ‘ Mr Wilson ’ , he said , ‘ is imposing on Prince Charles a sacrifice which he would not dream of imposing on his own son. , It was indeed a sacrifice and one from which many a twenty-year-old would have turned and run . |
| 4 | It was the first time I had made this mistake , but Bamba immediately turned and ran back to us . |
| 5 | She had turned and bitten him . |
| 6 | This tube of black plastic at the front of the gun is turned and pulled off to allow the nozzle to be used in particularly tight spots . |
| 7 | After he had battered on the door for a couple of minutes , the lock was turned and the door opened a crack . |
| 8 | At frequent intervals the cloth is turned and partially refolded to present a clean cloth surface and at less frequent intervals the cloth is thoroughly rinsed , wrung out and refolded . |
| 9 | In 1990 that corner was at last turned and the new BS 402 is now fully operational . |
| 10 | However , unknown to Lee , under his ball were bramble runners , so that when he came down to it , his hand got turned and he only moved the ball a few inches . |
| 11 | The arguments used by the radicals against the continued existence of the independent sector were now turned and used against the continued existence of grammar schools and direct grant schools ( which were equally selective and even more predominantly middle-class ) . |
| 12 | Nails turned and disappeared the way they had come , leaving Nutty much intrigued . |
| 13 | Both women turned and there was Rico standing at the kitchen door . |
| 14 | After Cambrai , the corner had been turned and now there was no going back . |
| 15 | The last time she 'd met a herd of cows she 'd turned and ridden away . |
| 16 | Heather nodded , and the two Brownies turned and ran . |
| 17 | The main gasoline engine can be turned and its valve gear operates . |
| 18 | Two figures who had been walking ahead of them , suddenly turned and came sauntering back . |
| 19 | The Prior turned and smiled thinly . |
| 20 | Within an hour of embarkation , the ‘ Saint Andrew ’ had turned and was making its way across the Firth . |
| 21 | The Friar 's great shape froze ; but the Trapper only turned and with his customary soundless deliberation crossed to that corner of the hut . |
| 22 | And so it went , three quid to six to twelve — if he sometimes almost won , that lent him hope and kept him playing on — that the tables turned and Rab was skint . |
| 23 | The other had turned and was waiting for the Genoese , standing off on the landward side with her crossbowmen and hackbutters lining her port rail , fore and aft . |
| 24 | She had turned and was standing , looking down on him . |
| 25 | Folding the sheet containing the poem into what I hoped was the perfect paper 'plane , I waited until Mrs Burton 's back was turned and I launched the message-bearing missile in Belinda 's direction . |
| 26 | Well , the tide has turned and we 're now viewing the fruits of the UK 's most productive period for some time . |
| 27 | At the entrance Emily suddenly turned and said sharply , ‘ Wait there . ’ |
| 28 | The leaders turned and rode back to the inferno of a village . |
| 29 | The policeman gave chase but one of the suspects turned and shot him twice in the back w He was rushed to Homerton Hospital where he was said to be in a serious condition early today . |
| 30 | The brothers turned and looked at Joe and presently Martin said on a laugh , ‘ That 's what he 's going to be , Harry , a romantic novelist . |