Example sentences of "[noun] as [pron] turned the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nathan was hauling the oilskins out of the locker as she turned the corner . |
| 2 | ‘ I caught it in the banisters as I turned the corner , ’ I lied . |
| 3 | This was the very thought in her head as she turned the corner of the corridor and back into the waiting room and saw the weeping figure of a woman hunched over and hugging herself with grief . |
| 4 | I had to stand back with my finger on the off button as he turned the handle which moves the grinding wheel along the blade . |
| 5 | So he suddenly came to a halt at the bottom of this stairs as it turned the corner , with the bottom of the wardrobe rammed into his chest , pinning him to the wall . |
| 6 | ‘ I thought you 'd be too excited to sleep , ’ smiled Douglas as he turned the pages of the Radio Times . |
| 7 | Sharpe had to duck under a low chestnut branch as he turned the next corner to see , five hundred yards ahead of him , the wide village street . |