Example sentences of "turn [coord] [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kaas turned and walked to the door , pulled it open and shouted in German : ‘ Get Kragan . ’ |
| 2 | Myeloski turned and walked towards the gate . |
| 3 | The pygmies turned and danced in the air , unloosing a cloud of stinging darts . |
| 4 | With the faceplate removed , the piece reversed , refitted onto the collet the inside is turned and finished to the template . |
| 5 | He turns and plods for the door . |
| 6 | She turns and calls down the corridor for a guy named Malcolm and all the time she 's leaning hard against the door trying to break my foot . |
| 7 | If he loses the trail , he turns and flies across the wind until he picks up her scent again . |
| 8 | Then he turns and dances with the woman behind . |
| 9 | Ana turned and bolted from the room . |
| 10 | Without another word he turned and strode towards the escalator , leaving Matchsticks to struggle after him with his heavy case . |
| 11 | Someone pointed out the arrows to him , and he turned and glared in the direction of the bowmaker 's window . |
| 12 | Culley turned and stared across the site . |
| 13 | He turned and stared at the Manse . |
| 14 | Dorian turned and stared at the face in the picture , and suddenly he hated Basil more than he had ever hated anyone in his life . |
| 15 | He turned and stared at the pool . |
| 16 | Then , apparently deciding that this was a special day , he turned and made for the thicket . |
| 17 | He turned and made for the stern of the boat , and disappeared below . |
| 18 | The track turned and twisted through the desert hills . |
| 19 | Yashkin turned and went to the door , the small stamping machine now back in a small box and in his pocket . |
| 20 | Kee turned and went to the door . |
| 21 | I was going to try the door , but I could hear him snoring before I touched the handle , so I turned and went to the bathroom . |
| 22 | Vern stopped for a second , then he turned and went along the drive . |
| 23 | She raised her hand as a dubious Herr Nordern forced the car into almost the right gear and drove off with a curious jerking motion , then turned and went into the Centre with a look on her face which boded ill for anyone who crossed her path that day . |
| 24 | He held up his own pair of rubber gloves to emphasize the point , then turned and went into the lounge . |
| 25 | She turned and went into the room again with Lee following her . |
| 26 | She turned and went from the room . |
| 27 | ‘ I must thank you for this , if for nothing else , ’ she said and , placing him back in Tamar 's arms , turned and went from the room . |
| 28 | He turned and yelled to the woman who was polishing a glass at the other end of the bar . |
| 29 | Almost thrusting the child away , she turned and stamped from the room , banging the door behind her ; and , had not the Mother Superior moved quickly round the table and caught Millie 's hand , the child would have followed her . |
| 30 | ‘ Well ’ — he turned and looked towards the window — ‘ I noticed as I passed that you had a box of Havana cigars , the … the Excepcionales . |