Example sentences of "turned [to-vb] back [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He turned to go back along the gallery , then stopped and looked back at her .
2 Duncan turned to go back into the room .
3 The leaves on the thorn trees were almost open , and when we turned to look back at the distance we 'd climbed , there were clusters of vivid green that trailed down the hillside and encompassed the village like waterweed .
4 All turned to look back at the door as the footsteps approached on the flagstones .
5 He covered seventy yards to gain the partial cover of the shrubbery , flung himself amongst the undergrowth , and turned to look back at the chateau .
6 They turned to look back at the emptiness they had crossed .
7 Involuntarily Wycliffe turned to look back at the house on stilts , but it was hidden by a bulge in the slope of the hill …
8 Patrick shook his head and turned to walk back to the foyer .
9 And so , feeling faintly and inexplicably troubled , he turned to head back to the yard .
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