Example sentences of "she turned [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly becoming aware of his blue gaze being levelled in her direction , she turned a smile into a cough , and promptly spilled coffee into the saucer . |
| 2 | Putting a length of rubber tubing on to the attachment , she turned a bottle upside-down to allow the liquid to flow . |
| 3 | She turned a key four times a day — a quarter of a millimetre at a time . |
| 4 | Once she turned a pattern on its side and discovered it could be viewed as a swastika ; it was therefore rejected . |
| 5 | She was running back home when she turned a corner and met John pushing a handcart full of building materials . |
| 6 | She turned a page noisily . |
| 7 | That 's to say , she had firm features and smartly cut , possibly dyed hair obviously kept under regular control , and she behaved as if she had known a time when she turned every head and expected you to be aware of this too . |
| 8 | Puzzled at first , she turned every page , then she held up the book by its spine and let the pages flutter ; no sheet of paper fell out . |
| 9 | She turned the music down and picked up the receiver . |
| 10 | She turned the ignition key . |
| 11 | 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 ! |
| 12 | She turned the tap on , and the plumbing clanged . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Yes , she turned the idea over in her mind . |
| 15 | She turned the possibility round and round in her head . |
| 16 | She turned the knob — and began to laugh , and laugh . |
| 17 | She turned the knob and pushed it open , feeling along the wall for the light switch . |
| 18 | Just before she turned the sign on the door round to read ‘ Closed ’ , a woman came in to look at the toys . |
| 19 | Salt 's great shoulders twitched as she turned the pie and put it back , but she did n't deny it . |
| 20 | She turned the light on and got out of bed . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Almost disinterestedly , she turned the paper over , and gave a gasp of shock , her heart missing a beat . |
| 24 | Once he went below , if she turned the boat in that direction , just a few degrees at a time , would he notice ? |
| 25 | Then she turned the key , slowly and quietly , and opened the door . |
| 26 | She turned the key on the shining walnut dashboard and pressed the starter button . |
| 27 | To make doubly sure of this she turned the key in the lock as she went out . |
| 28 | She turned the key in the lock ; the heavy door swung open and she and her family were admitted to the house . |
| 29 | Grimacing , she turned the key in the ignition once more , and brought the car around the way she had come . |
| 30 | Would it have made any difference , Melissa wondered as she turned the key , if that lock had been changed earlier ? |