Example sentences of "[adv] turn to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this environment , the true scientist 's heart naturally turns to thoughts of revenge . |
| 2 | Neglect yourself and self-doubt begins to creep in and that swiftly turns to depression . |
| 3 | As she heard her front door click , Rachel 's anger suddenly turned to dismay and as she turned to the window she found she could only see the outline of the cathedral through a mist of tears . |
| 4 | Then on the way back he had suddenly turned to Maggie and said , |
| 5 | ‘ Here we are and we 've had our experiment ; there 's been one party , one dominant idea , one fully followed plan , one strong leader — and her grey shadow — and it 's all turned to shit and ashes . |
| 6 | There was this girl in a bath of asses milk , yuk ! and it had all turned to cheese , so they put her on the table with a dish of figs for afters . |
| 7 | And Hilderbridge lay in the sunshine , its slate roofs all turned to planes of silver , its spires sharp needles , as if a silversmith had made it and dropped it in the valley between the meadows and the moor . |
| 8 | Second to reach the new mother " when her baby began to walk and her thoughts naturally turned to shoes . |
| 9 | Another effect of ACE was to take jobs from others in full-time employment because , for the above reasons , employers naturally turned to ACE if they could get away with it . |
| 10 | For a moment Sarah fell silent , then she suddenly turned to Ruth . |
| 11 | The superintendent gazed at the blank TV screen before suddenly turning to Franks , her eyes drained of laughter . |
| 12 | There are only 100 places available so turn to page 216 and fill in the coupon right away to book your place . |
| 13 | The public naturally turn to books of fiction , or televised versions of them , rather than to serious books . |
| 14 | Such scenes of domestic bliss would only turn to torments and she forced him to be a spectre at the back of her mind . |
| 15 | The Caesars eventually turned to Christianity and became Popes . |
| 16 | If it has not turned to yoghurt , then the original yoghurt was not live . |
| 17 | His surprise in finding her there had not turned to relief as , in normal circumstances , it ought . |
| 18 | IN THE horrified hush that followed , Prior Robert , guiding hand still uplifted and stricken motionless , was momentarily turned to stone , his face a mask of utter incredulity . |
| 19 | Insurers were yesterday starting to count the cost of the storms as driving rain finally turned to showers — and even snow in parts of Wales . |
| 20 | Karen finally turned to Whitlock . |
| 21 | The sky was a clear , pale dome , covered in the east by a flock of tiny clouds that were already turned to pink by the sun that was still concealed , that had not yet risen . |
| 22 | Furthermore , whatever Kennedy 's disappointment over the lukewarm support from London , he was soon turning to Macmillan for advice and help on other questions . |
| 23 | Checking their activities to see that they were confining themselves to local products , and were not turning to smuggling was very difficult until improvements in transport and in the structure of government meant that the vast majority of imports paid duty . |
| 24 | I finally turned to Kent , not because of what had already been discovered there but because it was on my doorstep and a lot more accessible than either France or Wiltshire . |
| 25 | At first written in German and Hebrew , these publications soon turned to English . |
| 26 | But concern about the legal process soon turned to questions about what was really involved . |
| 27 | All thoughts of where they were and what was happening fled abruptly as she stared at him with a shock that soon turned to joy as she saw the expression on his face . |
| 28 | But his interest soon turned to politics , and in 1910 he entered the New York State Senate . |
| 29 | But I soon reminded myself that such trivial slips are liable to befall anyone from time to time , and my irritation soon turned to Miss Kenton for attempting to create such unwarranted fuss over the incident . |
| 30 | Finally to turn to South Korea , and to examine the political , economic and strategic situation between 1948 and 1950 . |