Example sentences of "and turned [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She followed to the corner of the schoolroom , and there stood watching in silence as Tutilo mounted , and the little cavalcade filed out at the gate and turned along the Foregate . |
| 2 | She twisted her legs up under her , crunched a crisp , ran a hand through her hair and turned towards him . |
| 3 | He arrived at a decision , threw the cigarette away , and turned towards a small depressing row of agricultural cottages . |
| 4 | The trainer , watching the race on a television screen in the weighing room , had gazed in silence until the field reached the top of the hill and turned towards the stands for the last time . |
| 5 | He decided against a tram and turned towards the underground station at the Wittenberg Platz , a neo-classical building complete with the purity of doric capitals and pediment . |
| 6 | She merely swayed and turned towards him , a look of horror and disbelief crossing her attractive young features . |
| 7 | Alec was beginning to think he had fallen asleep , when he took his hand away from his face and turned towards him . |
| 8 | Even the giant 5-m reflector on Palomar Mountain was taken off its normal duties and turned towards Alcock 's new star . |
| 9 | The three men watched the animal snuffling among the elder and then , satisfied that he would nibble at the leaves , they left the stable and turned towards the house . |
| 10 | He closed the door and turned towards the stairs . |
| 11 | He stopped and turned towards her . |
| 12 | Suddenly , the figure seemed to be aware of Jack 's presence and turned towards him , as if to ask what he wanted . |
| 13 | D'Arcy replaced the receiver and turned towards the expectant faces . |
| 14 | But it came too late for him to do anything about it , for when he straightened up and turned towards the bank the bullet hit him in the chest and his body seemed to disintegrate and fly in all directions , and he knew that death was on him and that it was something that divided you into a million parts and each fragment screamed as it flung itself into eternity . |
| 15 | Paul is castigated and his followers are said to ‘ have abandoned the religion of Christ and turned towards the religious doctrines of the Romans ’ . |
| 16 | Acorn started and turned towards him and the beetle scurried away over the pebbles as Pipkin moved and woke . |
| 17 | Bernice flashed an apologetic smile to the Doctor , and turned towards the young couple . |
| 18 | He raised his head and turned towards me with clouded eyes . |
| 19 | He stirred under her touch and turned towards her , his head rooting for her shoulder , like a child 's . |
| 20 | Frick and the others slipped the protectors over their heads and turned towards the table . |
| 21 | When I came out with the next platitude ( ‘ How are you ? ’ ) they lifted and turned towards me . |
| 22 | ’ All right , ’ I muttered at last , and turned towards the disposal to jettison the bug . |
| 23 | The old man dug his fork into the manure pile and turned towards the buildings . |
| 24 | The other nodded and turned towards the door . |
| 25 | Whether Taheb had divined this , he did not know , but as she rose to leave , she linked arms with the girl , and turned towards the gate . |
| 26 | ‘ This looks suitable , ’ he said , and turned towards the entrance . |
| 27 | He stood watching beside the flower-beds ; and after a long minute of uninterrupted work , Orrie straightened his long , athlete 's back again , and turned towards his audience the massive , stony beauty of his face , flushed with exertion . |
| 28 | She could have stayed there forever , but after a moment he set her gently aside and turned towards Marianne . |
| 29 | Neil dropped his cane , and turned towards the victim , now transformed into her attacker 's Nemesis . |
| 30 | She had n't got free until nearly seven and by the time she had negotiated the traffic and turned towards her flat it was eight o'clock . |