Example sentences of "as [pron] turned the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I caught it in the banisters as I turned the corner , ’ I lied . |
| 2 | ‘ As I turned the corner I saw the flag flying at half-mast and the meaning of it came like a flash . ’ |
| 3 | As I turned the corner , chicken and peasant grew limp together , one in triumph , the other in defeat . |
| 4 | Of course it looks a bit different , places often do when you come back to them , but I think I remember — soon as you turned the bend and saw the tunnel — yes , there it is ! |
| 5 | As she turned the corner into Perry Street her heart began to pound . |
| 6 | Still , she said as she turned the corner of the High Street . |
| 7 | Salt 's great shoulders twitched as she turned the pie and put it back , but she did n't deny it . |
| 8 | This was the very thought in her head as she turned the corner of the corridor and back into the waiting room and saw the weeping figure of a woman hunched over and hugging herself with grief . |
| 9 | As she turned the letter over , her face became eager and younger . |
| 10 | One of the stairs cracked sharply beneath her foot ; she heard the front door of one of the ground-floor flats open behind her , and as she turned the corner of the staircase she caught a glimpse of a single eye and a draggle of grey hair at the crack . |
| 11 | She was looking down at the two children , her face animated as she turned the page of the book on her lap . |
| 12 | As she turned the corner , about four feet ahead of her at the saloon end of the passage , Nathan was sitting in the well-padded swivel chair bolted to the deck in front of the chart table . |
| 13 | Nathan was hauling the oilskins out of the locker as she turned the corner . |
| 14 | She went towards the house to say goodbye to Stella , and as she turned the corner of the building she almost collided with Luke . |
| 15 | It was time to place the food over the heat , and as she turned the sausages , bacon , tomatoes and potato patties , her hands became unsteady . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Would it have made any difference , Melissa wondered as she turned the key , if that lock had been changed earlier ? |
| 18 | Funny thing , she thought as she turned the grubby pages , that people only seem to stop complaining when things get really bad . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | As she turned the corner , her lips curved . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ she began to apologise as she turned the lock and pulled back the door , ‘ I should have — ’ Then she stopped , speechless , as she stared up at the tall figure of Robert Sheldrake . |
| 23 | As we turned the comer , passing the guy [ who had earlier sworn at the police ] , [ PC. 2. ] said , |
| 24 | As we turned the corner Mel was ambling up out of an underground car park — he 'd been parking his Rolls-Royce or something . |
| 25 | I saw an open shed stacked with timber , graded according to its thickness , and then , as we turned the flint gable , there was Laura crouched before the kiln in a muddle of faggots and fire-irons , her rump in the air , legs bare beneath the sawn-off fringes of her denim shorts , wearing a blue-grey sleeveless T-shirt that had ridden up around her waist . |
| 26 | ‘ God that man 's a nuisance , ’ Fiona said , as they turned the corner in the drive and the lights of the castle came into view against the coal-dark night . |
| 27 | As they turned the corner , the first flakes of snow fell . |
| 28 | So he suddenly came to a halt at the bottom of this stairs as it turned the corner , with the bottom of the wardrobe rammed into his chest , pinning him to the wall . |
| 29 | As soon as he turned the tap on it started . |
| 30 | The man did the same again as he turned the paper , revealing to Mungo the front page with its lurid headline : ‘ BIRD 'S HEAD CLUE TO GIRL 'S DEATH . |