Example sentences of "turned back [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he turned , he saw that he was backed up to a young man with crinkly hair and a baggy silk suit , sleeves turned back to mid-forearm . |
| 2 | Fei Yen turned back to watch the two young men approach . |
| 3 | He sat with a frown of puzzlement on his forehead , then turned back to join again the talk around him . |
| 4 | Their visitor turned on her heel and went to the door where she turned back to hold the broken doll up to Artemis . |
| 5 | When he turned back to drape the garments alongside his cloak , and saw that Isabel was still clothed and beginning to shiver visibly with cold , his precarious patience snapped . |
| 6 | Nora turned back to wait for Lord Wyatt , on the road between the Panshanger gate lodge and the stables . |
| 7 | But there were evenings when the fire burned brightly and Aunt Louise sat in her winged chair , her skirt turned back to toast her knees ; while having made up the fire I knelt on the hearthrug , loath to leave the fierce heat of the flames . |
| 8 | ‘ We must be nearly in range by now , ’ I said to Jean as I turned back to channel 20 . |
| 9 | He did , and with a relieved smile she turned back to talk to her new-found friends on her other side , and within half an hour , to Donal 's exasperated amusement , had quite a crowd round her , all vying with each other to tell her stories . |
| 10 | If you want to — ’ Sue turned back to give Sylvia some unnecessary help with her food . |
| 11 | I turned back to see what was wrong . |
| 12 | Then I turned back to see which direction he was going , and he 'd disappeared . |
| 13 | The Doctor turned back to see the ship glowing bright red . |
| 14 | Before leaving the chamber , Mungo turned back to take in the scene ; to fix it in his mind . |
| 15 | Her short blonde hair whipping round her face in the breeze , Ronni turned back to fix her eyes on the jetty , which was drawing ever closer as Jeff 's motor boat approached it , and focused with growing interest on the imposing tall , dark figure who stood there in the bright Sardinian sunshine . |
| 16 | But even when the shuttle she was on turned back to answer the mayday , she made sure her disguise — patterns of others ' skin and hair , eyes and voice and figure — yes , she had to make sure her disguise held , and deny her longing to be cleansed in the fire . |
| 17 | He thrust the coin among his clothes and started to run away but turned back to say , ‘ You a Yankee , Mister ? ’ |
| 18 | I nodded and he turned back to mutter something into his talkback before handing me the mike , taking my hand and leading me to the stage . |
| 19 | He turned back to stare at me as he was hauled off and he was still grinning . |
| 20 | We sat for a while just watching and listening to the water and turned back to follow the path out of the steep-sided gill towards Cotterdale . |
| 21 | She 's wasting no time on me , Kate thought , as she was deftly served before the girl turned back to show Ace her white teeth once again . |
| 22 | Dragging her thoughts into line , she turned back to scan the empty office , mentally checking her appearance . |
| 23 | Twice she turned from him , and again turned back to make a double and treble check . |
| 24 | The gardener stood a moment to make sure that his antagonist was really retiring , then turned back to complete his work . |
| 25 | He turned back to find Delaney slumped against the wall . |
| 26 | But having snapped the thread which had led Hegel on from there to his speculative Absolute , they turned back to find the real meaning and reference of these objectifications in the subject which had produced them as forms of its own self-expression . |
| 27 | I turned back to find Yvonne 's grinning face looking past me in the same direction . |
| 28 | He turned back to enquire : " Which drain ? |
| 29 | Marie turned back to look at Bella as she reached the door . |
| 30 | Willie turned back to look at the comics so that he missed the surprised expression on his face . |