Example sentences of "[noun] turn [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Male and female take turns to perch on the bulky drum-nest of seaweed , incubating the single stained white egg . |
| 2 | Bernice turned to rage at the woman . |
| 3 | When on two occasions Ewen turned to make for the open sea , Neil , increasing our speed slightly , held on to what looked like a collision course . |
| 4 | Ellen turned to look at the rapidly disappearing Dream Baby . |
| 5 | Morse turned to look at the waters once more before he left , then sat silently in the passenger-seat of the police car as Lewis had a final word with Sergeant Dixon . |
| 6 | Patrick turned to look at the street , wondering what had brought Collins here ; but it seemed just another poor tenement side street . |
| 7 | The order was obeyed , and as Mr Brownlow turned to go down the street , he saw Oliver lying on the pavement , shaking , his face as white as death . |
| 8 | His Mum turned to look at the car that had crushed the arrow bits . |
| 9 | Elaine turned to walk into the house . |
| 10 | Silence spread slowly across the supper tables as the hundreds of guests turned to stare at the Rifleman who , in turn , searched the supper tables for a particular person . |
| 11 | Breeze turned to glance at the man who had just entered the shop , and saw that it was Roger Kenyon . |
| 12 | SHE sat on the park bench waiting for Richard , her head turned to look towards the main gate . |
| 13 | Lesley-Jane turned to look into the wings , and screamed . |
| 14 | The Doctor and Lacuna turned to look at the screens . |
| 15 | Even as Greg turned to run towards the house , he seemed to register that Viola 's concern for Hilda was less genuine than her concern for Pimpernel . |
| 16 | Blake turned to look at the Doctor . |
| 17 | Laura turned to grin at the small dark-haired girl sitting beside her desk . |
| 18 | Laura turned to look at the other woman in astonishment . |
| 19 | This turn was observed by several witnesses who saw the Cherokee turn to face towards the remaining traffic on finals and then , almost immediately , reverse direction into a left turn through about 180° using approximately 60° angle of bank . |
| 20 | When they were in the woods Tess turned to look at the house . |
| 21 | ‘ Suki … ’ said the child through her sobs , and Chrissie turned to look into the garden . |