Example sentences of "turn [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After Millie had turned to run back into the house , Ben said , ‘ So that 's what he wanted . |
| 2 | He turned to go out of the room . |
| 3 | He turned to go back along the gallery , then stopped and looked back at her . |
| 4 | Duncan turned to go back into the room . |
| 5 | Jos shook his head , turning to go back to the van . |
| 6 | As one , they turned to continue on around the side of the house , Hector racing along before them . |
| 7 | She unlocked her eyes from his and turned to pass through to the apartment . |
| 8 | One moment they seemed to be flying through and over mountains and the next they were skimming over a long , fertile valley , turning to come in with the wind and losing height steadily . |
| 9 | ‘ Fair enough , ’ I said , turning to look out across the water and drinking my pint . |
| 10 | As they accelerated away Joseph turned to stare out of the window and saw the peasant jump up and break into a little celebratory caper in the middle of the road . |
| 11 | The Pole turned to stare out of the window , his expression once again as bleak as the sky outside . |
| 12 | Merrill turned to stare out of the window . |
| 13 | Sighing , she turned to stare out of the window . |
| 14 | She fiddled with the strap of her small black leather shoulder-bag , and turned to stare out of the glass doors at the hot afternoon scene beyond . |
| 15 | To harmonize my body language with Alison 's , I turned to look out of the window . |
| 16 | He turned to look out of the window . |
| 17 | She turned to look out over the battlements again and raised her voice just as the sun broke through . |
| 18 | The leaves on the thorn trees were almost open , and when we turned to look back at the distance we 'd climbed , there were clusters of vivid green that trailed down the hillside and encompassed the village like waterweed . |
| 19 | All turned to look back at the door as the footsteps approached on the flagstones . |
| 20 | He covered seventy yards to gain the partial cover of the shrubbery , flung himself amongst the undergrowth , and turned to look back at the chateau . |
| 21 | They turned to look back at the emptiness they had crossed . |
| 22 | Involuntarily Wycliffe turned to look back at the house on stilts , but it was hidden by a bulge in the slope of the hill … |
| 23 | Patrick shook his head and turned to walk back to the foyer . |
| 24 | The cripple turned to make off into the undergrowth and as he did so there was a twang from Marian 's bow and one of his crutches spun from under him and he was down one-sidedly . |
| 25 | And so , feeling faintly and inexplicably troubled , he turned to head back to the yard . |