Example sentences of "[noun] turn [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Britta turned away and continued her slow progress across the chamber , murmuring encouragement to the bowed figure in her embrace . |
| 2 | The figure turned stiffly and fixed them in a sightless gaze . |
| 3 | Dennis turned round and shook his head . |
| 4 | Slorne turned away and stared out through the top of her cage as if to say , ‘ There , where the skies are , where the great clouds drift and the winds blow endlessly through time , seek there and you will find what Minch needs . ’ |
| 5 | But Burt turned aside and said , ‘ Yeah , but who 's going to tell him ? ’ |
| 6 | Corbett turned away and picked up the goblet , tasting the full red flavour of Bordeaux . |
| 7 | Colebrooke turned away and spat . |
| 8 | POLICE were today examining an arms find after a car turned back and drove off from a checkpoint on the outskirts of Belfast last night . |
| 9 | Er and this this case the there was a fire in a flat , the chap had gone out to work , we did n't know he 'd gone out to work , so we broke First of all we informed the fire brigade was on the way , we broke down the door , quick look in the flat , best possible way we could look , and the fire brigade turned up and dealt with the flat . |
| 10 | Mansell locked his brakes up and span off , his car turning backwards and colliding into the wall at about 75mph in a cloud of debris which included his right front wheel . |
| 11 | Was moaning about she had to buy three Christmas presents and she only got two kids So Ann turned round and said oh you 're fucking well mad I got to buy five presents and I 've only got two kids . |
| 12 | He attempted to stop the wheel of history , but the wheel turned on and crushed him on the cross . |
| 13 | When you reach some steps turn left and take the path to the beach . |
| 14 | It 's not a defeat to turn back and return on a better day . |
| 15 | Broke a few windows and scared everyone shitless until Tyler Beck turned up and cooled him off . |
| 16 | when the law turned up and arrested him . |
| 17 | The old man sitting in his chair by the window turned round and smiled at him . |
| 18 | Rachaela turned left and walked more briskly . |
| 19 | The man between me and the pilot loosened his belt and taking an automatic from his holster turned round and sat facing me . |
| 20 | As his boss turned away and began to stride down the corridor , Dexter noticed a wary look slither into Pargeter 's eyes . |
| 21 | Very deliberately , Hugh turned around and walked very carefully towards the Broken Drum . |
| 22 | Caroline tried a cool smile but the girl turned abruptly and disappeared , and Caroline bit her lip with a rueful stab of defeat . |
| 23 | Then Anwar turned up and stood there watching us work . |
| 24 | As she said this , the broomstick turned sharply and shot forward at a great pace . |
| 25 | David Swan turned over and went back to sleep . |
| 26 | Ruth turned away and groped for her sunglasses and clamped them over her face so he would n't see the hurt in her eyes . |
| 27 | The tall boy turned away and began to pace away down the hill . |
| 28 | Nell turned away and began to eagerly search the mass of notes , manuals and graphs stacked on desks . |
| 29 | It is a salutary exercise to turn around and look at the Fifties and the Cold War from the East instead of the West . |
| 30 | Suddenly the driver turned left and pulled up before one of those little medieval castles on the West Side . |