Example sentences of "turn [adv prt] [conj] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then suddenly the boar had turned about and hurled it into the air . |
| 2 | He attempted to stop the wheel of history , but the wheel turned on and crushed him on the cross . |
| 3 | Hazel turned back and joined them among the big , rosy-veined , magenta flower-spikes . |
| 4 | Before she gets into the car , she turns around and thanks me with a squeeze of her hand . |
| 5 | So I have to turn over and take her in my arms . |
| 6 | I understand that he wrote to all members of the Cabinet asking them to turn up and support him in the votes after previous debates on this project . |
| 7 | This is a film trailer , she thought , and at any moment he is going to turn around and reveal himself as the hero , the hunted spy or the detective . |
| 8 | Sighing helplessly , she 'd merely said , ‘ If you do n't give these girls a terrific reference they 're likely to turn around and sue you in the courts for defamation of character ! ’ |
| 9 | There was an edge to Jake 's voice now , an edge of hostility , that caused her to turn round and look him in the face . |
| 10 | She did not turn round but busied herself with placing a palmful of incense into the censer and lighting it . |
| 11 | But at the end of the day , I mean , he 's sure gon na turn round and do it to us . |
| 12 | ‘ I think that if you first come and show that you 're the boss , then you 're O.K. , and the children will turn round and like you for it . |