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Example sentences for "turned over"

  • I turned over to the former all the funds and property for which I was responsible, also the branded horses and mules stolen from the people of the country, requiring receipts for everything.

  • In the course of the afternoon I turned over all my property to my successor, and about 8 o'clock that evening made my appearance at the camp of the Second Michigan Cavalry, near Farmington, Mississippi.

  • The Negro schools could then be turned over to teachers of the race who, having availed themselves of the opportunities for education, had become equipped for service among their own people.

  • In Brazil, if a slave was unruly he was to be turned over to state authorities, and duly given a public punishment.

  • At the conclusion of all of these efforts the facts collected were turned over to C.

  • After serving in several local and State offices, Mr. White was elected to the 55th and re-elected to the 56th Congress.

  • Consequently he again met the border State delegations on July 12, and made a second appeal to them to accept compensation for the emancipation of the slaves in their respective States while the opportunity was yet at hand.

  • They will have smiled at his childish tempers, applauded his snakelike cunning, and laughed outright at his heathen superstitions.

  • He turned over in his thoughts everything that he could recollect of Gammon's conduct, from the first moment that they had met.

  • Then he took to gambling with his fellow-prisoners; but, all of a sudden, he turned over quite a new leaf.

  • Smith met me, and we went to the bank, where I turned over to him the balance, got him to audit all my accounts, certify that they were correct and just, and that there remained not one cent of balance in my hands.

  • The command of Benton Barracks will be turned over to General Strong.

  • These buildings, with their tenants, can be turned over to proprietors on proof of loyalty; also take charge of such as have been leased out by disloyal owners.

  • No; I do not, and obviously it was not in our files or we would have included it in the material we turned over to you.

  • As far as I know I went through every--to the best of my knowledge I went through everything I could find and everything that I found I turned over to the agents afterwards, after having copies made.

  • Yes; I turned over copies of the literature at the same time.

  • I would just say, "See Adams before it is turned over.

  • One of these will be turned over to the custom officials, so in case the invoice sent with the goods fails to come through, and that often happens, the triplicate can be accepted.

  • In one such concern, which has come under the writer's observation, copy for printing is turned over to a man entirely outside of the sales division.

  • The original letter, from which the address is obtained, is turned over to the stenographer.

  • The equipment we turned over to the Bolsheviki, including arms, horses, automobiles, aeroplanes, etc.

  • These were the first U-boats to be turned over to the Allies by Germany.

  • To prove indisputably our loyalty we turned over to the Bolsheviki everything, all our arms, with the exception of a few rifles (ten rifles to each 100 men).

  • She groaned, protested, turned over, and woke up, peopled by a new people.

  • He turned over, but I punched him persistently until he sat up.

  • I turned over so lustily that he dropped my feet, and I sat up, something to his consternation.

  • Some of them he turned over to Mr. Paret, whom he particularly desired they should know.

  • He turned over so as to be able to inspect it the better, and, with an exclamation of annoyance, noticed that several bars crossed the chimney some eight feet up.

  • The misty grey of early dawn lay over the smooth grassy slopes of the Crimea when Phil and Tony turned over on the following morning and looked about them.

  • He sent for his manager, and directed that everything in the company's store should be turned over to my order.

  • They went away, and I turned over in bed, and was just going to take another nap, when my wife called and said, Bob, they are going to put No.

  • The chequered pattern is not repeated at the back, so that the pieces cannot be turned over.

  • Of course, no portion can be turned over.

  • And very often a puzzle is greatly improved by the added condition, "no piece may be turned over.

  • And as the back of the board is plain, the pieces cannot be turned over.

  • The upper rim is turned over outwards, to give the cup a look of great solidity, and the bottoms are fairly thick, for strength.

  • To do this, give the twist backward and forward each time the hand is turned over in what the spectators consider to be merely the preliminary to the actual trick.

  • The twist must be given as the hand is turned over, when it will be quite imperceptible to anyone.

  • I turned over on my side and addressed him: "Run downstairs now, Tim, and make me a good hot cup of coffee, and a slice of toast with fried mushrooms on top.

  • And after the old chap had his drink he thanked me, turned over in bed, and I believe was sound asleep again before I got out of the house--while a continual hell of fire and shells tore the guts out of the town about him!

  • I turned over in bed to get a better view of him.

  • He turned over, opened his eyes, and, when I put my finger to my lips to intimate silence, he looked at me with a vacant stare.

  • If anything happens to me, you will see that my share is turned over to her, will you?

  • I turned over my practice for the next two months to Dr.

  • I should feel uneasy if I thought provision had not been made for its safety and the income turned over to Mary Lee.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "turned over" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    brown house; five hundred thousand dollars; good ship; mamma dear; not afraid; official letter; public amusement; regards their; set off; thirteen thousand; turned again; turned and; turned aside; turned back; turned down; turned himself; turned into; turned loose; turned over; turned quickly; turned sharply; turned suddenly; turned the; turned towards; turned upon; turned upside