Example sentences of "thought turned [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I was sad to leave , but when Redruth and I began our journey to Bristol , my thoughts turned to the voyage and the search for treasure .
2 For no reason at all his thoughts turned to the girl who lived in the house on stilts .
3 As the afternoon temperature rose our thoughts turned to the beaches .
4 The Washingtons , though welcome , could not fill the gap entirely , so thoughts turned to the production of relatively simple flying bombs .
5 His thoughts turned on the conversation he had just had with Harold .
6 Despite the importance of the positive aspects in Roosevelt 's relationship with Churchill , he regarded the latter as a political anachronism once thoughts turned from the defeat of the Axis to the world of the future .
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