Example sentences of "turned [pron] head " in BNC.
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| 1 | I turned my head in his direction . |
| 2 | At once I turned my head to the source of the light . |
| 3 | In this way , I amused myself for some minutes until I turned my head a fraction and discovered that the old lady was watching me . |
| 4 | I turned my head away quickly , but I had had time to take in another feature — his rather sharp , small nose that looked as if it might have been broken in a boxing match . |
| 5 | When at last I broke through the lip and parachuted into the void beyond I turned my head and looked behind . |
| 6 | I saw some people from school and turned my head away so as to avoid them . |
| 7 | ‘ I had his album ‘ Live At The Regal ’ which completely turned my head . |
| 8 | I turned my head away then , because Mum always said it was n't decent to watch people undress . |
| 9 | And when I turned my head to take a parting glance at the tug which had just left us anchored outside the bar , I saw the straight line of the flat shore joined to the stable sea , edge to edge , with a perfect and unmarked closeness , in one levelled floor half brown , half blue under the enormous dome of the sky ( 3 ) . |
| 10 | The only example of an agentive verb with a human subject is " I turned my head " ( 3 ) . |
| 11 | I turned my head . |
| 12 | I turned my head and , partially blinded by my chaos of hair , saw Leon was kneeling naked at my back . |
| 13 | I turned my head and saw a huge cat , three times larger than one of our cows . |
| 14 | But the time I done in Holloway really turned my head . |
| 15 | They way he just took my hair in one hand , while we were standing looking up at that God-awful window in the great hall , and turned my head to him , and pulled me close ; tongue down my throat before I knew what was happening , and there was something adolescent and desperate beneath all that working-class directness , but Jesus , I felt wanted … |
| 16 | I turned my head slightly towards him . |
| 17 | I turned my head . |
| 18 | Then I realized most of the visitors and all the residents were watching me and I turned my head from side to side to see why I was getting that uncomfortable my-flies-must-be-open feeling . |
| 19 | I turned my head slowly and now my throat started to hurt . |
| 20 | Clark said there 's a man aiming at you and I turned my head away . |
| 21 | I would enjoy creeping up upon someone and freezing when they turned their head . |
| 22 | The two men , who had temporarily forgotten her presence in the heat of argument , turned their heads and looked at her . |
| 23 | As though given permission to stare at her , the men all turned their heads simultaneously in her direction . |
| 24 | And King Bucar and they who escaped with him hoisted sails and went their way , and never more turned their heads . |
| 25 | The horses turned their heads to look at him , but were not disturbed , except the mare which had been allocated to Gary . |
| 26 | Maybe this turned their heads , because the ‘ Evil Circus ’ EP sounds like a desperate scramble to cover all bases , to appear ultra-modern , to matter . |
| 27 | Some of the tattered congregation turned their heads to right and left , searching for Dr McNab ; others , though merely ragged skeletons these days , were required by their good breeding to remain facing to the front with expressions of indifference . |
| 28 | The children ignored her approach , but now turned their heads towards her . |
| 29 | All three of them turned their heads . |
| 30 | Heavy-uddered Friesians turned their heads and snorted . |