Example sentences of "she turned the [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | She turned the music down and picked up the receiver . |
2 | She turned the ignition key . |
3 | She had gone only a little way however , when she stopped to check her map and , to her consternation found that when she turned the ignition on again her car would n't go ! |
4 | She turned the tap on , and the plumbing clanged . |
5 | Oh , hell ! she thought , and , furious with herself as much as him suddenly that her thoughts alone could make her so angry , she turned the shower on full force and tried to drown her thoughts that way . |
6 | Yes , she turned the idea over in her mind . |
7 | She turned the possibility round and round in her head . |
8 | She turned the knob — and began to laugh , and laugh . |
9 | She turned the knob and pushed it open , feeling along the wall for the light switch . |
10 | Just before she turned the sign on the door round to read ‘ Closed ’ , a woman came in to look at the toys . |
11 | Salt 's great shoulders twitched as she turned the pie and put it back , but she did n't deny it . |
12 | She turned the light on and got out of bed . |
13 | She went down to make a drink , and as she turned the light on in the dingy kitchen a dark thing shot across the floor to disappear under the dresser . |
14 | When he had gone , she turned the light off and lay back on the bed , still in her dress if not her knickers , staring at the ceiling . |
15 | Almost disinterestedly , she turned the paper over , and gave a gasp of shock , her heart missing a beat . |
16 | Once he went below , if she turned the boat in that direction , just a few degrees at a time , would he notice ? |
17 | Then she turned the key , slowly and quietly , and opened the door . |
18 | She turned the key on the shining walnut dashboard and pressed the starter button . |
19 | To make doubly sure of this she turned the key in the lock as she went out . |
20 | She turned the key in the lock ; the heavy door swung open and she and her family were admitted to the house . |
21 | Grimacing , she turned the key in the ignition once more , and brought the car around the way she had come . |
22 | Would it have made any difference , Melissa wondered as she turned the key , if that lock had been changed earlier ? |
23 | And when we talk later I 'll explain what really happened , and it wo n't be in the way he put it , ’ and with similar emphasis she turned the key ; but then allowed the car to glide forward . |
24 | Rachel was about to protest — this sounded like dangerous ground — but somehow it seemed the lesser of two evils and as she turned the key in the ignition she felt a flutter of excitement and she knew , deep down , that she wanted to go with him . |
25 | Rachel sat for a moment as the wind playfully tossed a handful of leaves on to the bonnet of the car , and as she turned the key in the ignition she realised she was trembling . |
26 | The room was silent save for the angry swishing sound she made each time she turned the magazine 's pages . |
27 | She turned the list around on the counter and said , ‘ What does this say , here ? ’ |
28 | She turned the rifle on its side and clubbed him down brutally with the butt . |
29 | She turned the brooch over in her hand . |
30 | As she turned the corner into Perry Street her heart began to pound . |