Example sentences of "[noun] and turn back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a fleeting moment , she wondered if the woman might have given her deliberately wrong directions but , shrugging the thought away , she started the car and turned back in the direction from which she had just come . |
| 2 | Iris , seated at the dressing-table , paused in the act of brushing her short , mouse-brown hair , glanced briefly through the window and turned back to the mirror without comment . |
| 3 | Lady Usk watched him wend a hasty path towards his wife and turned back to the window to find that Miss Kyte was standing stock-still on the terrace , staring in at her . |
| 4 | Shrugging off the thoughts with his greatcoat , he threw the latter over one of the two big tables and turned back to the fire . |
| 5 | He glared at Maggie for a second longer and then gathered the reins and turned back to the door . |
| 6 | Midwinter came into the frame of the door and turned back to the room beyond to clap gently with his white-gloved hands . |
| 7 | The Chargé waved a hand and turned back into the group . |
| 8 | He swung the gun up again , fired wildly at that thrashing form and turned back to the staircase . |
| 9 | He surfaced from his thoughts and turned back to the room . |