Example sentences of "turned [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she turned to greet the father with his offspring , the midwife could not believe her ears : ‘ Place it on the fire , ’ he commanded . |
| 2 | She turned to see the maid-of-all-work from St Jude 's Rectory , whom she had met after church last Sunday , staring at her . |
| 3 | She shook her head and turned to see the policeman by the bed grimacing at her . |
| 4 | It bounced up and I turned to see the ball hovering above my stumps . |
| 5 | Then he heard Madra 's despairing cry , and turned to see the enemy Myrcans surging on to the ramparts , their staffs swinging , cutting down the defenders like corn . |
| 6 | They turned to see the Doctor and Bernice approaching . |
| 7 | He turned to thank the driver , but the taxi had gone . |
| 8 | But as she turned to thank the coachman he caught sight of her profile : that of a woman unknown to him , about twenty-five years of age , pretty in a conventional way , with mousy-brown hair . |
| 9 | He thought of the cabin up the creek to which his sister had withdrawn at his urging , and he turned to find the track , willing himself to control his horror , to keep moving nimbly and stealthily as if he did not feel unstrung . |
| 10 | He turned to find the President , Max Klein , leading his party up the aisle and he hastened to take his own seat . |
| 11 | When the conversation turned to sex the interviewer asked , ‘ We 've heard that some women who ordinarily have difficulty achieving orgasm find themselves capable of multiple orgasms under LSD . |
| 12 | At ten lengths the furthest Pfalz turned to meet the attack , far too late . |
| 13 | He turned to meet the Doctor 's gaze as he righted himself into an undignified crouch . |
| 14 | She nodded assent and as I turned to lead the way I thought that at close quarters she was probably younger than I 'd assumed , or else that she was older but immature : an odd impression , fleeting and gone . |
| 15 | ‘ Retribution may be delayed , ’ said Prior Robert , and turned to lead the way out from the scriptorium , his agitated shadow at his heels . |
| 16 | More rigid than ever , the boy turned to lead the way . |
| 17 | The Robemaker inclined his head and turned to open the silver door again , holding out one robed hand to indicate that Caspar should precede him . |
| 18 | They were nearly there and she turned to cross the road . |
| 19 | This you realised , the moment the driver turned to give the camera a typically vague , rumbustious salute , was the first programme in Floyd 's American Pie ( BBC 2 ) . |
| 20 | Half convinced , she shrugged philosophically and turned to leave the apartment 's square entrance hall in which they were standing , aware of Luke following her into the luxuriously appointed lounge , a long elegant room which ended in sliding glass doors opening on to a balcony with a view she had spent part of the afternoon enjoying , pretty green parkland dotted with ornamental ponds linked by a winding , deeply cut stream that was spanned by the occasional arched stone bridge . |
| 21 | Bronwen ap Bryn said , as she stroked her tattooed scalp thoughtfully and turned to leave the sick-bay . |
| 22 | As she turned to leave the room , she caught sight of Inge hovering out on the landing . |
| 23 | While she was desperately trying to think of something — anything ! — in explanation of her own folly the opportunity passed as he turned to leave the room . |
| 24 | She turned to descend the ladder . |
| 25 | As she turned to retrace the path to the house , she saw the Colonel and his lady slowly and carefully descending between the tamarisks , through the dunes . |
| 26 | Paddy then turned to kiss the altar and when he turned back his hand was raised to give his first priestly blessing . |
| 27 | Guy turned to consider the stone hall . |
| 28 | Charles turned to consider the garden façade of the house . |
| 29 | The President ushered his party into seats which had been kept vacant in the top bench and then he turned to address the community . |
| 30 | He turned to address the crowd , who were now , understandably , bunched together in alarm . |