Example sentences of "turned away [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He turned away from the sacred cow of monetarism — sort of . |
| 2 | Cardiff turned away from the rain-streaked window as the policemen on cordon-duty lifted the wooden pole and the last of the cars slid away into the night . |
| 3 | He turned away from the other man and grinned crookedly in greeting . |
| 4 | She bit her lip and turned away from the older nurse . |
| 5 | She turned away from the clinical whiteness of one successful firm with its forbidding elderly receptionist , to the old-fashioned chaos of another with its smell of coffee and everyone being informal and helpful . |
| 6 | They turned away from the main street , towards the river and the closed docks . |
| 7 | Penelope turned away from the little scene , to avoid the inevitable explanations and interpretations of Faustina 's behaviour and found herself facing Rupert Stonebird . |
| 8 | She smiled as she turned away from the tempting sight of him , holding the swaths of cotton around her as she crossed the room and picked up his hairbrush to untangle the knots from her hair . |