Example sentences of "turned [to-vb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I turned to go into the house , made with great difficulty the three or four steps that separated me from my room , and felt my arms and legs burning , also my body . |
| 2 | They were in the corridor and the Substitute was coming towards them , but the Captain had caught a glimpse of the figure that turned to go down the stairs beyond him . |
| 3 | The order was obeyed , and as Mr Brownlow turned to go down the street , he saw Oliver lying on the pavement , shaking , his face as white as death . |
| 4 | I turned to go out the way I had come . |
| 5 | As soon as they were amongst the shuttered houses of Edinburgh , Corbett slowed down and turned to grin at the pale , terrified face of Ranulf . |
| 6 | Laura turned to grin at the small dark-haired girl sitting beside her desk . |
| 7 | Lifting his head , he turned to grin at the little girl . |
| 8 | Bernice turned to rage at the woman . |
| 9 | Owen waved Cynan furiously onward , and turned to stand off the assault . |
| 10 | His career never produced the rewards his talent merited , he frequently turned to drink as a way of escaping football 's built-in disappointments , ounce by ounce the slim frame turned to flab , and in the end Baxter turned ‘ 60s social mobility on its head , grabbing failure from the jaws of success . |
| 11 | Mobuto climbed out slowly and turned to wave at the waiting photographers . |
| 12 | She turned to wave to the approaching Marines . |
| 13 | Silence spread slowly across the supper tables as the hundreds of guests turned to stare at the Rifleman who , in turn , searched the supper tables for a particular person . |
| 14 | The women clucked and tutted as one by one they turned to stare at the tall fourteen year old . |
| 15 | Two technicians , the only other occupants , turned to stare at the intruder . |
| 16 | They both turned to stare in the direction of the captain . |
| 17 | ‘ Suki … ’ said the child through her sobs , and Chrissie turned to look into the garden . |
| 18 | He turned to look into the valley , saw the helicopter break its position and race away as soon as he was safe . |
| 19 | His arm was grabbed , and he turned to look into the blonde 's entranced eyes . |
| 20 | Lesley-Jane turned to look into the wings , and screamed . |
| 21 | His Mum turned to look at the car that had crushed the arrow bits . |
| 22 | And , repeating this like a charm : ‘ It was n't me ; it was n't me , ’ she turned to look at the red splashes on the wall . |
| 23 | It was seventeen years after President Kennedy 's assassination , twelve years since Bobby 's , but the idea was so powerful nobody turned to look at the shattered window or the stunned lad . |
| 24 | Ellen turned to look at the rapidly disappearing Dream Baby . |
| 25 | McIllvanney said angrily , then turned to look at the yard where a silver-grey stretch limo , its windows tinted black against the sun , rolled ponderously to park beside the stairs to his office . |
| 26 | I turned to look at the young man beside me , his long fingered hands resting on the steering wheel . |
| 27 | He turned to look at the clock . |
| 28 | ‘ I turned to look at the retreating figures of my two friends , feeling unbearably isolated , and went to eat alone in the cafeteria . ’ |
| 29 | They both turned to look at the child . |
| 30 | Lucille stopped , turned to look at the girl once more then , intuitively , she knew the answer and looked for confirmation into d'Alembord 's worried face . |