Example sentences of "she to turn [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Penry reached over her to turn on the lamp , and she opened her eyes to find him looking down into her face , a triumphant , indulgent smile curving his mouth as he slid his arms around her , throwing one long leg over hers in careless intimacy .
2 Steve was beside her , leaning across her to turn off the tap .
3 He had got over expecting her to turn to him , pull him close to her , lie beside him .
4 The publisher Grant Richards encouraged her to turn to novel writing , and between 1907 and 1916 she produced six books which are the perfect expression of her personality : frivolous and witty , but with an underlying sense of melancholy .
5 Together they cleared the table , and as they moved about the kitchen Lucy thought of her aunt , and in doing so she remembered something that caused her to turn to Silas .
6 Mexico 's first woman director , she made three features from 1948 — 1951 before production conditions forced her to turn to making shorts .
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