Example sentences of "[verb] his back on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speculation that he had turned his back on the fast world of Wall Street finance was fuelled by reports that he has spent his time in prison studying the Jewish religion . |
| 2 | Morrissey is needed , not as an ombudsman , or a figure of the eighties , but as a horrified figure against the eighties , who has turned his back on the march of pop time as the last keeper of the sanctuary of self-pity , apartness , exile ’ ( David Stubbs ) . |
| 3 | She was pointing at Sheridan Lorrimore , who had turned his back on the scene . |
| 4 | It swung open at his touch but closing it , as always , was more difficult and he lugged and half lifted it into place and slipped the circle of wire over the gatepost with a familiar sensation of having turned his back on the workaday world and entered country which , no matter how frequent his visits , would always be alien territory . |
| 5 | Rovers ' contract rebel , who is the subject of a reported £70,000 bid from Hull , has temporarily turned his back on the professional game to return to his amateur roots . |
| 6 | And what makes his analysis so attractive is the fact that he has resolutely turned his back on the temptations to reduce what he has seen to some supposedly more fundamental principle of animal behaviour . |
| 7 | It was a time for thanking God that Matthew had turned his back on the badness that might have dragged him down . |
| 8 | In the decade since Mr McGuinness professed to have turned his back on the IRA and to have become a Sinn Fein politician , more than 40 witnesses and statements placed him firmly at the scene of violent incidents — and at the heart of the IRA 's decision-making process . |
| 9 | Instead of using a jack to take the weight , Jos turned his back on the front bumper , bent his knees and lifted the two leading tyres clear of the ground . |
| 10 | He turned his back on the darkness to argue with Anne . |
| 11 | Trent shook himself free of the hands that held him and turned his back on the man . |
| 12 | The 32-year-old libero , regarded as one of the most accomplished and stylish defenders in world soccer , turned his back on the national team last month to spend more time with his family . |
| 13 | You 'd have sold Christ for dollars , ’ and turned his back on the German . |
| 14 | The boyishly handsome officer inclined his head once more , then turned his back on the senator to offer the tray to his wife , Flavia , a strikingly beautiful woman in her late thirties . |
| 15 | He turned his back on the phone . |
| 16 | Damien , sickened , and a little frightened , turned his back on the crowd , and stared sulkily across the street . |
| 17 | Uncertainly , he turned his back on the prowling form of Jeopardy and attempted to curl his body into the movement Amber had disrupted . |
| 18 | He turned his back on the little girls , the poor one looking so much like the rich man 's child , as they disappeared into the house to eat their rice together . |
| 19 | The speaker presented a useful outline on screen initially , but far too frequently turned his back on the audience to read from the screen . |
| 20 | ‘ As Moses turned his back on the Red Sea . |
| 21 | Charlie turned his back on the parade ground and began his journey to London . |
| 22 | If he means by knowledge an accumulation of inconsequential facts then of course she would agree with him , but one suspects that in his concern for ‘ things of the heart ’ he is turning his back on the curiosity men share to know the world of objects . |
| 23 | By deliberately turning his back on the new spirit in art , Modigliani found himself excluded from most of the excitement and gaiety in the arts that flourished in spite of the war . |
| 24 | Rush vividly recalls the day when Dalglish shook football by turning his back on the club he loved . |
| 25 | Turning his back on the lightness and open planning characteristic of international style architecture , Kahn was concerned with what he called ‘ going back to zero ’ emphasising monumentality , weight and primitive classical forms . |
| 26 | Turning his back on the receiver , he folded his arms and leaned against the chart table . |
| 27 | Why not simply take the hint and turn his back on the village once and for all ? |
| 28 | Then he saw one of the boys turn his back on the man he seemed to be dancing with , hook his fingers in the skimpy underpants , wriggle them down to reveal his bottom and then wiggle the bottom until it shook like a jelly . |
| 29 | In Paris , an engineering specialist in deep tunnelling in heavy rock strata , home on leave , made up his mind there and then to turn his back on the remaining two and a half years of his contract . |
| 30 | He is a very fine actor , but only with his face — his body is quite inexpressive , when he turns his back on the audience he loses all meaning . ’ |