Example sentences of "turned [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the top of the stairs I turned for a moment and found out . |
| 2 | Their grey sandy fur was ruffed out for warmth and occasionally he saw the snarl of their teeth as they turned for a moment on each other in play . |
| 3 | It was as the pair of them were passing through the doorway into the hall that Jake turned for a moment to catch Shiona 's eye . |
| 4 | Stacey nodded enthusiastically , then they all turned as a minibus pulled up at the main entrance . |
| 5 | She turned as a woman with long red hair walked up behind her . |
| 6 | They could hear the sound of music coming nearer , and everyone turned as a silver band came round the corner into the main dusty street , men dressed in grey trousers and pink shirts , their instruments glistening in the morning sun . |
| 7 | I turned after a while and they were still wistfully standing there . |
| 8 | The Headmaster turned towards a row of small carts sitting on a miniature railway track that stretched the length of the corridor . |
| 9 | They turned towards a choking , bubbling death-rattle . |
| 10 | ‘ Michael 's been reading his book of Things a Director 's Supposed to Say again , ’ a voice murmured somewhere above her ear , and Shannon turned with a grin to the tall blonde woman at her side . |
| 11 | He turned with a grin . |
| 12 | Arty said , a cloud on one side of his face , while the other turned with a smile to greet Madeleine . |
| 13 | And without another word he left the table , went out of the kitchen , presumably through the scullery , and into the backyard ; and when the sound of the door shutting came to them , Mick turned with a laugh towards Joe , saying , ‘ I bet you 're wondering where the first part of grace before meals went . ’ |
| 14 | Behind her she heard a splutter of laughter , and turned with a glower to see Jack 's retreating back . |
| 15 | Cornelius turned with a jerk , nearly dislodging Tuppe from his precarious perch . |
| 16 | She saw him and turned with a finger to her lips . |
| 17 | He saw a uniformed chauffeur polishing the bonnet of the Daimler just before he turned under a stone archway on to the drive . |
| 18 | She turned up a lane which was even steeper than the road she had just left . |
| 19 | He turned up a side path to go into the NAAFI . |
| 20 | " The land turned into a desert for all practical purposes , " says Giora Shaham , director of the restoration project . |
| 21 | We drove on through the village and turned into a clearing surrounded by a thickly wooded area . |
| 22 | And began to dance ; the embrace turned into a dance . |
| 23 | I did n't like it when it turned into a dance . |
| 24 | it was built first to show pictures , then turned into a dance hall . |
| 25 | Soon she came by the local gymnasium , and then the local Cedok tourist office , and from there she turned into a part which she was growing more familiar with , and in no time found she was back in the colonnade area . |
| 26 | ‘ After a while we turned into a field , thick with mud , and were marched up to some firm-buildings . |
| 27 | Both taxes came into operation at the time when the land and property boom turned into a slump . |
| 28 | And then she reproached him and turned into a dragon , and flew away round the battlements making a terrible noise and battering the stones . |
| 29 | Even if the desire is never satisfied in any but the fantasy way , the man who constantly has such desires is to be condemned , for he is gaining satisfaction from a person whom he has divested of personhood and turned into a slave . |
| 30 | Let's not have every room in the house turned into a tip . |