Example sentences of "turned and [vb past] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He watched her another moment , then turned and strode to a cabinet on the opposite wall . |
| 2 | Without another word he turned and strode towards the escalator , leaving Matchsticks to struggle after him with his heavy case . |
| 3 | Someone pointed out the arrows to him , and he turned and glared in the direction of the bowmaker 's window . |
| 4 | Culley turned and stared across the site . |
| 5 | He turned and stared at the Manse . |
| 6 | Dorian turned and stared at the face in the picture , and suddenly he hated Basil more than he had ever hated anyone in his life . |
| 7 | He turned and stared at the pool . |
| 8 | Then , apparently deciding that this was a special day , he turned and made for the thicket . |
| 9 | He turned and made for the stern of the boat , and disappeared below . |
| 10 | Yashkin turned and went to the door , the small stamping machine now back in a small box and in his pocket . |
| 11 | Kee turned and went to the door . |
| 12 | I was going to try the door , but I could hear him snoring before I touched the handle , so I turned and went to the bathroom . |
| 13 | Vern stopped for a second , then he turned and went along the drive . |
| 14 | She raised her hand as a dubious Herr Nordern forced the car into almost the right gear and drove off with a curious jerking motion , then turned and went into the Centre with a look on her face which boded ill for anyone who crossed her path that day . |
| 15 | He held up his own pair of rubber gloves to emphasize the point , then turned and went into the lounge . |
| 16 | She turned and went into the room again with Lee following her . |
| 17 | Then they all turned and went in a group to the Welfare Offices . |
| 18 | She turned and went from the room . |
| 19 | ‘ I must thank you for this , if for nothing else , ’ she said and , placing him back in Tamar 's arms , turned and went from the room . |
| 20 | He turned and yelled to the woman who was polishing a glass at the other end of the bar . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ Well ’ — he turned and looked towards the window — ‘ I noticed as I passed that you had a box of Havana cigars , the … the Excepcionales . |
| 23 | Aggie turned and looked towards the window and she repeated , ‘ Garden ? |
| 24 | She turned and looked towards the child , who was sitting hugging a doll . |
| 25 | She turned and looked towards the house door . |
| 26 | The woman turned and looked at the speaker , and there was scorn in her expression , but she said nothing until she turned on Agnes again and said , ‘ How bad is he , lass ? ’ |
| 27 | I turned and looked at the man 's tear-stained face . |
| 28 | She paused a moment , turned and looked at the line of narrow drawers , read the label , then weighed out two ounces of loose tobacco . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Artemis turned and looked at the owner of the voice , a beautiful woman in a blue dress , with bobbed blonde hair . |