Example sentences of "[verb] around the turn " in BNC.
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| 1 | Built around the turn of the century , it had been designed originally as a soldiers ' barracks . |
| 2 | It was therefore a disaster for towns in the north , particularly those that contained a high proportion of terraced property built around the turn of the century . |
| 3 | This continued until that fishery also finished around the turn of the present century . |
| 4 | Some women took to the loom , further diluting the labour supply in that branch , and others were able to enter the factories , but for many , especially in the de-industrialising South , the loss of home spinning was a real and much commented-on aggravator of female unemployment and depresser of living standards , especially marked around the turn of the century . |
| 5 | The threat of Russo-Japanese confrontation grew around the turn of the century . |
| 6 | But this growth rate should begin to decline around the turn of the century . |
| 7 | It was eventually converted to a corn mill , operated during the 1880s by George Lewis who was followed around the turn of the century by Mr J. Nicholls . |