Example sentences of "turn the handle " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Carlos slowly turns the handle and opens the door . |
| 2 | The door was opened by the gipsy girl who with a decisive movement turned the handle and pulled it wide . |
| 3 | When he found the door , he pulled off his dressing-gown and pyjamas , turned the handle , slipped inside and dived rapturously for the recumbent figure beneath the bedclothes . |
| 4 | At a nod from Delaney , Forster gently turned the handle . |
| 5 | But there was no sign of that discreet lady , and in the end he went and knocked on Dinah 's door , received no answer , turned the handle , and found neither her nor the baby inside . |
| 6 | When there was no response she slowly turned the handle and pushed the door open . |
| 7 | Patrick tapped softly on the kitchen door with the tips of his fingers and then turned the handle and poled his head in . |
| 8 | When there was no answer , he turned the handle and looked in . |
| 9 | Concealing a sign of relief , Patrick tapped on the door and then gently turned the handle and poked his head around . |
| 10 | I turned the handle gently and opened the door . |
| 11 | When I got as far as the door I dragged myself upright again , turned the handle , and lurched in . |
| 12 | She turned the handle of the spit when the Algerian gigots were roasted , larded with garlic and anchovies , in a kind of oval cage of iron slats in front of a hot fire of vine-stumps inside the huge hearth ; she sat on a bench inside the cheminée , turning the ratchet as it wound down , basting the lamb with oil and its own juices from a diabolical long spoon . |
| 13 | I walked along to the door and turned the handle . |
| 14 | Bathsheba could not manage the handle , so she held the shears while Gabriel turned the handle . |
| 15 | I had to stand back with my finger on the off button as he turned the handle which moves the grinding wheel along the blade . |
| 16 | An old worker , after giving the machine a jaundiced look , turned the handle and tried it with a few roots . |
| 17 | And she descended the stairs and , tapping lightly on the door , turned the handle and went in . |
| 18 | Although she knew that he would n't wake , she turned the handle of the door as carefully as if expecting it to explode . |
| 19 | She turned the handle and went in . |
| 20 | Exactly fifteen minutes later , Julia tapped once on the panelled door of the double cube , paused , turned the handle and entered . |
| 21 | Instead , she turned the handle of the door , picked up her basket , stepped inside and closed the door firmly behind her . |
| 22 | Well I suppose a very junior clerk , the first job I was given was , well it 's unheard of in this day and age but what they had was what they call a bundi clock and there every driver and conductor had got a key that was inserted in this clock and on it was his personal number , well when he reported for duty , he inserted this key into the clock , turned the handle and stamped on to a piece of paper , a roll of paper , his number and the time he reported and the next day it was my job to go through and record from this piece of paper how many minutes they were late f reporting for duty and if they erm were more than , I think about three or four minutes we had to send them a memo telling them , that 's how things were in those days that people were , they toed the line or else . |
| 23 | As she spoke , Melissa found the door and turned the handle . |
| 24 | The pilot turned the handle which would switch the blades to fine pitch . |
| 25 | Rex took the gun in one hand , turned the handle with the other , kicked open the door and leapt dramatically into the studio . |
| 26 | I got up from my bed and walked slowly towards the cupboard , I turned the handle and stepped back . |
| 27 | Two teachers ran to the basket lift and began turning the handle . |
| 28 | So we recommend the method of winding in straight by turning the handle over and over . |
| 29 | He stopped outside the pub and started turning the handle . |
| 30 | ‘ We 'll soon see about that , ’ retorted Florrie , turning the handle . |