Example sentences of "turned to an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To change the subject he turned to an easel in the most sheltered corner of the veranda , and the painting propped on it that had not yet been put away in Faye 's studio . |
| 2 | It may come as no surprise that the Canadian Court turned to an analysis of the game of ice-hockey to address this issue . |
| 3 | After chatting to the veterans for several minutes , the prince turned to an aide and joked : ‘ I hope we have given the right medals to the right people . ’ |
| 4 | He turned to an aide — a youth scarcely out of his teens , whose beard was like goose-down on his chin . |
| 5 | I turned to an investigation of my own family and my class background , and what it meant to be a woman … = This was the starting point of a project on ‘ my history ’ which I began by tentatively examining photographs of myself and ended by taking control over how I wanted to be photographed . |
| 6 | Having expressed her good wishes for his twenty-first birthday , she turned to an account of her own life . |