Below you will find example sentences with "turn left". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Turn Left in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: turn
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 10
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 24.3 words

Words in this phrase

turn left

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • turn can mean: To make a non-linear physical movement. Common word
  • left can mean: Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most hum... Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 6 start, 12 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

10 metres turn left and follow 1× able to turn left at the 1× able to turn left at zeandale 1× allowed to turn left from union 1× bato street turn left to dapitan 1× began to turn left onto wyoming 1× calf to turn left left calf 1× dapitan street turn left to cordillera 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a truck was 1× at the mini 1× backtrack about 10 1× blue signs are 1× case in point 1× motorists are advised 1×

Common sentence endings:

and save yourself 1× at zeandale road 1× be narrowed significantly 1× by another car 1× collided with it 1× forms of traffic 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

road 9× onto 7× street 6× traffic 5× ave 4× head 4× southbound 3× down 3× take 2× quezon 2× avenue 2× able 2×

Related phrases

left tackle left wing seconds left turn off left arm left hand left leg left foot bottom left left behind

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around turn:

turn off 20×

Just before it in the phrase index:

turn depends turkish side turkish president turkish military turkish government turkish cypriots

Just after it in the phrase index:

turn off turn toward turned down turned off turner syndrome turning blind

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

turn off turn depends turn toward

Same ending:

seconds left bottom left pictured left upper left subsequently left

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "turn left" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 24.3 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 10 metres turn left and follow, able to turn left at the, road, onto and street stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with left tackle, left wing, seconds left and turn off, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with turn left

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

When I say turn left, to turn left. (8 words)

Turn left and head down Station Road and you're there. (11 words)

At the mini roundabout at the top of Winchester Road turn left. (12 words)

Longer example sentences

The parade route will begin at the Sunset Community Center, take a right on Napoleon Ave., turn around and head back on Napoleon just before Landry St., turn left on Boudreaux St., right on Sibille St and end at the Community Center. (42 words)

The ban, part of a redesign at the busy junction, means traffic wanting to turn left into London Road must now go straight up past the Playhouse, round the roundabout and back down to turn right into London Road. (39 words)

It will then turn left at City Hall and head down 6th Ave SE before turning onto Second Street and run until Macleod Trail SE where it will loop around and finish on River Road. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

Motorists are advised to take alternate routes: from Quezon Avenue, turn right to Biak Na Bato Street, turn left to Dapitan Street, turn left to Cordillera Street, and back to Quezon Avenue.

Northbound K-177 traffic will not be able to turn left at the Stadel Road intersection and southbound traffic will not be able to turn left at Zeandale Road.

When I say turn left, to turn left.

They steer the sled mainly with their calves by applying pressure on the runners—right calf to turn left, left calf to turn right.

The ban, part of a redesign at the busy junction, means traffic wanting to turn left into London Road must now go straight up past the Playhouse, round the roundabout and back down to turn right into London Road.

The parade route will begin at the Sunset Community Center, take a right on Napoleon Ave., turn around and head back on Napoleon just before Landry St., turn left on Boudreaux St., right on Sibille St and end at the Community Center.

Traffic will still be allowed to turn left from Union Street onto Russell Street, but the turn will be much sharper and the intersection will be narrowed significantly.

The southbound detour will turn left onto Hampton Ave. left onto Ridgeway, right on Felicity Ave., right onto Elfinwild Rd.

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Sugar gliders can steer by moving their limbs and adjusting the tension of their gliding membrane; for example, to turn left, a sugar glider will lower its left forearm below its right.

At the mini roundabout at the top of Winchester Road turn left.

Backtrack about 10 metres, turn left and follow the ride for 250 metres to the Milne and Shepard Memorial in front of you.

Blue signs are used for instruction such as 'turn left' or indicate a route available only to particular forms of traffic.

Start at the Bowland food hall and turn left out of the doors.

The Toyota began to turn left onto Wyoming Road, and the Jeep collided with it.

They should turn left out of the room and then head through the first door on the right.

Turn left and head down Station Road and you're there.

Your vehicle's GPS might tell you to turn left and into a lake, but the difference here is: You can see the lake and save yourself.

A truck was going southbound on Highway 63 when the driver stopped to turn left and was rear-ended by another car.

Case in point: For more than a decade the county has promised to build a flyover to eliminate the mile-long backup of cars on Savannah Highway waiting to turn left onto Main Road.

It will then turn left at City Hall and head down 6th Ave SE before turning onto Second Street and run until Macleod Trail SE where it will loop around and finish on River Road.

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