Example sentences of "[pers pn] turn [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he would n't listen to me , so I turned and yelled ‘ Taxi ! ’ |
| 2 | But I turned and ran out of the room . |
| 3 | Then I turned and ran back . |
| 4 | I watched the distant cloud from the explosion drift away over the firth , dispersing , then I turned and ran as fast as I could for the house . |
| 5 | I watched her go and then , shaking my head , I turned and walked the other way . |
| 6 | Mr Palmer seemed incapable of speech , and his mouth remained wide open as I turned and walked out of the office . |
| 7 | I turned and saw below |
| 8 | I turned and saw a sad-eyed middle-aged man sitting on a bench staring at me . |
| 9 | I turned and saw a long blue column approaching with a corporal in charge . |
| 10 | I turned and saw Dorian Gray for the first time . |
| 11 | I turned and saw a woman near me on the path . |
| 12 | I turned and saw that it was the full moon , framed in a space of jagged glass . |
| 13 | I turned and saw my saviour , the wench with black curly hair from the tavern . |
| 14 | I turned and overflew the field again at a lower level . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I went as far as the Galilee Gate , I turned and came back to my church . |
| 17 | I turned and left the farm and made my way through the village to Brigade H.Q |
| 18 | I turned and left the building hastily . |
| 19 | I turned and plunged downwards , hoping my footfalls would be masked by his , making-plans as I went . |
| 20 | I turned and said : ‘ I will come and find you , sir , just as soon as I have what is required . ’ |
| 21 | I turned and stalked away to the servants ' quarters . |
| 22 | I turned and looked at him . |
| 23 | I turned and looked at him . |
| 24 | I turned and looked out of the window again . |
| 25 | It was the wee lad shoving his basket into me and laughing fit to burst when I turned and looked down at him . |
| 26 | I turned and looked at myself in the cracked Cutty Sark Whisky mirror behind Mama Sipcott 's bar . |
| 27 | ‘ Eddie Tonks ( New Zealand Rugby Football Union chairman ) was sitting behind me and I turned and looked at him and we eyed each other . |
| 28 | I turned and looked at the subtly tarted , much breathed-upon 300 sitting at the kerb , then made a show of sizing up Yvonne . |
| 29 | I turned and looked out over the slanted , foreshortened wedge of streets and stocky tenements , and for once the strain in my ears found the appropriate line , the right score . |
| 30 | I turned and looked him full in the face . |