Example sentences of "turned from [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Caroline turned from a conversation as Maggie passed and said in a conspiratorial whisper . |
2 | Francis Scaife died in the 1920s and left to Pocklington monies towards the building of a swimming pool , which turned from a dream into a reality in the 1960s through the legacy and much fundraising . |
3 | Contrition turned from a feeling into a technique . |
4 | Doyle turned from the door and walked towards the exit . |
5 | Panting breathlessly , she turned from the door and moved through to the hall , where Donna was trying to make her way down the stairs . |
6 | Emily Ascher turned from the door , then caught her breath , the pay-lock key falling from her hand , clattering across the bare ice floor . |
7 | He turned from the darkness . |
8 | ‘ Well , — the nurse turned from the bed — ‘ he 's got a cut in his head that I would n't like . ’ |
9 | Lizzie turned from the bed , and the action provoked Mrs Funnell to say to Peggy , ‘ Your mother 's in that kind of a mood , is n't she , Peggy ? |
10 | Frank turned from the bed and , taking the mug from her hand , now addressed his wife . |
11 | As Hazel turned from the hole , the clouds in the west broke slightly and there was a sudden dazzle of watery , pale-gold light . |
12 | As dawn broke over the South Korean capital of Seoul , the sky turned from the black of night to the light azure of early morning , promising another hot day . |
13 | This occurs when the part of the Moon turned from the Sun is dimly illuminated by light reflected from the Earth . |
14 | Shepherd turned from the wall cabinet , holding the decanter up . |
15 | Cautiously she turned from the wall . |
16 | Nicola turned from the bar , eyelashes fluttering , lips pouting . |
17 | He collected their drinks and turned from the bar where he had been at the centre of a laughing group of men who frequently glanced at her curiously . |
18 | Come as soon as surgery closes ’ , and when she turned from the telephone she smiled . |
19 | It turned from the storm and from those inside the office block ; its need focusing on the ruined corpse that lay on the pavement next to it . |
20 | As I turned from the phone I realized the stairs were blocked by Lisabeth , hands on hips , outside her flat door . |
21 | Discussion turned from the question of principle to questions of practice : how change was to be effected and what post-emancipation society was to look like . |
22 | He turned from the rail and she anticipated one of the usual compliments visitors paid her garden but instead he asked about Ruby Dobby . |
23 | Llewelyn turned from the harness that was being checked out of the armoury , and looked at his foster-son for a moment from so far away and by so dazzling a light that he seemed hardly to know him . |
24 | She turned from the window , back into the room that still smelled faintly of Isabel Lavender 's black coat and black feathered hat . |
25 | When the last sound of the coach and four had died away , Mary and the young girl turned from the window and Hope took out his pipe . |
26 | Adam , in white dinner jacket , turned from the window and stared . |
27 | Father McGiff turned from the window and wearily sat at his desk . |
28 | Kosi and Lars turned from the window to watch Ace and McBride leave the Operations Room . |
29 | He turned from the window to regard her with a cold stare . |
30 | It was a swivel chair , and as Wycliffe came into the room he turned from the window to face his visitor . |