Example sentences of "turned [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was to the Scottish firm of Hurst Nelson of Motherwell that Blackpool turned for its next batch of cars in 1902 . |
| 2 | For thoroughly understandable reasons , however , it was not to these people that Hitler turned for his image of the German : he did not want the average German for the SS , he wanted supermen for the conquest of the east . |
| 3 | Mervyn Kohler , the head of public affairs at Help the Aged , forecast that increased fuel costs would result in even more winter deaths among the elderly , who often turned off their heating because of fears of high bills . |
| 4 | so I left it and I was sort of like , falling asleep so I thought oh right , and so I turned off my music , went to sleep , then woke up again and |
| 5 | Tamar 's face was unruffled and serene , as she turned towards her sister-in-law . |
| 6 | But as the child again made to run to her mother Aggie held her firmly and the wardress pushed the woman through a door ; even so contriving to keep her head turned towards her child . |
| 7 | Alarmed , she turned towards her attacker . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | John Alcock turned towards his navigator . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | His decision made , he turned towards his open car door , then paused . |
| 12 | The parish council was forced to retract a previous resolution in favour of Hinkley C. Even many of the locals who worked at Hinkley Point turned against their employers : a village poll showed 72 per cent against the scheme . |
| 13 | Chelsea midfielder Dennis Wise sprinted to his defence last night and turned against their own supporters after a couple of them had complained to police that the United boss had sworn and made a V-sign . |
| 14 | This does not preclude the possibility that the Woodvilles turned against their former ally in 1483 and cynically excluded Gloucester from the protectorship in order to secure more power for themselves . |
| 15 | This does not preclude the possibility that the Woodvilles turned against their former ally in 1483 and cynically excluded Gloucester from the protectorship in order to secure more power for themselves . |
| 16 | In the last Parliament of King James 's reign , the second in which Pye was a member , he turned against his old colleague and now chief , Lord Treasurer Middlesex ( as Cranfield had become ) , who was the victim of the new alliance between Buckingham and the Commons ' majority in favour of war against Spain . |
| 17 | The man heard or sensed him at the last moment and turned with his hands coming up to a fighting stance but Maxim feinted through them and hit him low in the stomach . |
| 18 | ‘ Later , ’ he said as he turned with his hand on the door into one of the sitting-rooms , ‘ I shall want a straight answer to my question . |
| 19 | In a separate incident , another car turned onto its roof after in a joyriding incident . |
| 20 | Her mother 's moodswings began to terrify her , and she would slow to a careful frozen walk as she turned into their street . |
| 21 | The McCullochs turned into their cottage with a brief good-night and Cameron , James , and Allan let themselves into the tall , silent house along the road . |
| 22 | She left the bus , walked down the main road to the comer , turned into her own road and saw scrawled in black beneath her feet ‘ cunt ’ . |
| 23 | As she turned into her house he threw her things into the doorway . |
| 24 | At last she turned into her luxurious , English-style bedroom and lay down , fully dressed , to try to decide what to do about David . |
| 25 | She turned into her own room and , discarding her clothes , slipped into bed . |
| 26 | Oh , it was n't like this at all , I 'm sure , yet the shape silhouetted in the snow where the ice met the beach turned into our worst fears . |
| 27 | She went everywhere with us and could be fast asleep in the back of the car when we turned into our lane , whereupon she would sit up and start sniffing the air . |
| 28 | He turned into his house , thankful not to have had to make conversation with her . |
| 29 | Gossip in the quarter reported that Rosalie 's son had overheard that Simone had decided to ‘ have ’ Modi for a bet and , when that story came to Modi 's ears , he turned from her disgusted . |
| 30 | Keith Lascelles , friend and floor manager , turned from his prompt side console and , raising one enquiring eyebrow , asked : ‘ Miss Caine ? ’ — not needing to add , ‘ Shall I tell Dennie you 're ready to meet your public and to take over the warm-up for ten minutes ? ’ |