Example sentences of "turn [to-vb] [noun] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The voice startled her out of her reverie and she turned to see Candy in the doorway , her pert features anxious . |
| 2 | She turned to hurl abuse at the creature . |
| 3 | She turned to catch Archie in the act of trying to vanish upstairs . |
| 4 | Once the general subcommittee had done its survey of the system , it turned to inform Parliament of the issues embodied ( or concealed ) in the annual expenditure White Paper , the first of these reports being the Fifth Report of the 1972–3 session . |
| 5 | Richards pointed homewards , which was behind them , and turned to escort Tribe across the Lines . |
| 6 | ‘ Wow , it 's really warm , ’ she said , and turned to help Christina with the picnic basket . |
| 7 | ‘ I have no intention of being taken anywhere by you ! ’ she told him fiercely , before turning to grab hold of the door-handle beside her . |
| 8 | It dealt with the creation and fall of man , stressed the gravity of sin and fear of divine retribution , and then turned to present Christ as the answer and escape . |
| 9 | She felt her hand being placed against his cheek , and then his lips pressing kisses upon it ; she pulled his hand back , and casting all caution to the winds pressed his palm to her own lips , fondling it , examining the scratched and chisel scars on his knuckles until he wanted her hand back again — and the manner in which they took it in turns to kiss hands through the wall became a competition between them to see who could demonstrate the greatest fondness , a competition that Jennifer was now desperate to win because all her instincts were telling her that Tristram was the only man she could ever love , and that through him lay her path to freedom and independence . |