Example sentences of "she turned [conj] [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then acting like a fifteen-year-old girl now , she turned and ran along the path , around the ornamental clock , and kept running until she reached the east gate of the park . |
| 2 | She turned and ran into the hall , already beginning to laugh at her foolishness . |
| 3 | She turned and lunged into the crumbling bank with the torch until it lodged and held still , focused upon the motionless bulk below . |
| 4 | The duvet wound itself around her as she turned and stretched in the big bed , her limbs languid with heat . |
| 5 | Distress caused her eyes to brim with tears , and , furious with her own weakness , she turned and went to the inner office window , where she stared through a blur at the tree-sheltered chalets . |
| 6 | She turned and went into the room again with Lee following her . |
| 7 | She turned and went from the room . |
| 8 | She turned and walked towards the foot of the stairs . |
| 9 | Then she turned and walked towards the deep end , turned again and did a perfect back flip , hardly denting the surface and coming up into a smooth breaststroke only a few feet away from me . |
| 10 | She turned and darted into the cabin , trying to slam the door even as Mandy squeezed in behind her . |
| 11 | ’ She turned and vanished into the kitchen . |
| 12 | Seeing movement among the trees at the far end of the stone-flagged path , she turned and signalled to the maids to be quiet . |
| 13 | A little thrill of anticipation ran along her skin as she turned and looked into the eyes of the man who 'd watched her with such intensity during the fashion show . |
| 14 | The child stared towards it as if in recognition of something held in memory ; then she turned and looked at the old woman , who was sitting on the couch unlacing her boots , and she said , ‘ You have a garden . ’ |
| 15 | It was so seldom that Aggie heard herself addressed by her surname that she turned and looked at the nun , but the woman 's eyelids were lowered as if in shame ; then she inclined her head towards the woman sitting behind the desk before turning and closing the door quietly behind her . |
| 16 | She turned and looked at the distant figure of Dorcas and her eyes narrowed . |
| 17 | She turned and looked towards the house door . |
| 18 | She turned and looked towards the child , who was sitting hugging a doll . |
| 19 | She turned and leant against the edge of the parapet , so that we were facing opposite ways , and came to a decision . |
| 20 | Almost thrusting the child away , she turned and stamped from the room , banging the door behind her ; and , had not the Mother Superior moved quickly round the table and caught Millie 's hand , the child would have followed her . |
| 21 | The last thing she saw , before she turned and flew up the stairs , was the embarrassment on Bob Calder 's face — and the shock on the face of Sofia Valenti , who stood huddled in a shadowed corner . |
| 22 | Coming to a decision , she turned and hurried down the stairs . |
| 23 | She turned and bounded up the stairs , slamming the door behind her . |
| 24 | She turned and started for the door . |
| 25 | Then she turned and fled from the dance floor , pushing her way between the smooching couples and heading for the Ladies , a box of a room with pegs lining two walls , a flyblown mirror over a grubby cracked china sink and two cubicles . |
| 26 | But the sound she now made in her throat brought both Aggie and Ben 's eyes on her , and as she turned and fled from the room and Ben made to go after her , Aggie 's voice halted him , saying firmly , ‘ Leave her be ! |
| 27 | Half in panic , half in the laughter of release , she turned and turned on the same spot . |