Example sentences of "[pron] turned to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I turned to the apprentice . |
| 2 | So , I turned to the devil 's picking method — free-arm — and it sounds fine . |
| 3 | In the end I turned to the longbow of England . |
| 4 | And now , clearly , it 's time I turned to the poem itself , having spent most of my hour on the question of how Milton got there . |
| 5 | When I 'd completed this process I turned to the mirror to look at myself for a last time . |
| 6 | I turned to the gang and waved them on with my hand . |
| 7 | I turned to the arts page which , every day this week , contained interview-portraits of two festival writers . |
| 8 | Remembering the anthology on the beach , I turned to the page , where there was a passage bracketed . |
| 9 | I turned to the woman . |
| 10 | I turned to the passenger on my left . |
| 11 | I turned to the waiter who 'd brought me . |
| 12 | I turned to the President . |
| 13 | I turned to the front of the book . |
| 14 | I turned to the C.B. rig in the car . |
| 15 | Mr. Mendez shrugged and both of them turned to the adobe . |
| 16 | But on a much more significant level , she turned to the man who is repeatedly described as ‘ The man of God ’ . |
| 17 | Taking off the stethoscope , she turned to the herdsman . |
| 18 | She turned to the union . |
| 19 | Still resolute , she turned to the desk : something was wrong , her books and papers did not seem to be in their usual place . |
| 20 | One said : ‘ By saying what she has said , one can only draw the conclusion that she turned to the Queen and the Duke because her marriage is in trouble and she is desperately unhappy . |
| 21 | Then she turned to the Duke and said : ‘ Wallis is so beautiful , uncle . |
| 22 | She turned to the window , and her heart leapt as she saw the grey line of the sea . |
| 23 | She turned to the window , a deliberate shutting out , praying he would go now that he 'd had his say . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | She turned to the stove and checked the damper . |
| 26 | Molly 's special subject was the Ketterings ; but when she turned to the reproduction of ‘ The Flagellation ’ the book was empty , the list gone . |
| 27 | Very thoughtfully , she turned to the telephone directory and looked up the name . |
| 28 | She turned to the rest of the nomes . |
| 29 | She turned to the Baron . |
| 30 | She turned to the driver , |