Example sentences of "[noun] turned back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Manville turned back to the elevator , placing his right palm flat against the opaque plastic panel built into the wall beside the doors . |
| 2 | Edward turned back to the Lodge . |
| 3 | Rex turned back to the little blighter . |
| 4 | Shaking his head at Feargal , amusement dancing in his eyes , Donal turned back to the barman and Ellie was left with only her drink , or Feargal , to stare at . |
| 5 | As though aware that her control was slipping again , Mrs Wallington turned back to the disciplined criss-cross of string and concentrated with almost palpable force . |
| 6 | My mind turned back to the man Mrs Bradshaw had accosted in the garden , but I knew of no one who bore me that kind of grudge or , if he did , would take it out on me in such a petty and spiteful way . |
| 7 | With automatic professionalism Folly had carried them into the bathroom and begun to hunt around for a suitable container before her mind turned back to the question of who could have sent them . |
| 8 | Ace half turned back to the shuttle , pointed towards the sprouting hemisphere ( like chunks of cheddar stuck all over half a grapefruit , she thought ) , and aimed the suit towards the shape that looked like the nose of an asteroid cruncher . |
| 9 | Katherine turned back to the window . |
| 10 | Jane turned back to the mirror . |
| 11 | Ruth turned back to the fifth-floor window as the stranger appeared to be heading her way . |
| 12 | Fenella turned back to the treadmills and half closed her eyes , the words of the Robemaker still clear in her mind . |
| 13 | Kelly turned back to the partner on her left . |
| 14 | Cardiff turned back to the car . |
| 15 | Cardiff turned back to the window and wiped the fog of his breath from the glass . |
| 16 | Cardiff turned back to the girl . |
| 17 | Jimmy was able to stand unassisted now as Cardiff turned back to the girl . |
| 18 | Later , after watching him drive away , Sophie turned back into the house . |
| 19 | Pascoe turned back to the hall , picked up the telephone and dialled . |
| 20 | Finally Cameron turned back to the table and said , ‘ We have agreed on a text . |
| 21 | Cameron turned back to the table . |
| 22 | As Cameron turned back to the mill , he saw a small coach coming along the Grandtully road with a pair of deerhounds loping at its wheels and a man on horseback behind it dressed in an expensive tweed cloak . |
| 23 | Cameron turned back into the house for his cloak and tried to order his thoughts as the last fogginess of sleep evaporated in his head . |
| 24 | The marquis turned back to the moormen . |
| 25 | The two aides turned back into the offices , and Edouard and Jean-Paul walked slowly down the wide steps to the street . |
| 26 | Disappointed , Tug turned back to the sink , listening vaguely to what she said as he began to wash up . |
| 27 | ‘ Thinking of your next winner ? ’ one of the lads interrupted her reverie as the string turned back to the stable . |
| 28 | Paige turned back to the fire , trying to ignore the sounds that were coming from her right . |
| 29 | The policeman turned back towards the girl ; she followed Duncan with her eyes . |
| 30 | Delaney turned back to the electronic display . |