Example sentences of "[subord] he turned [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he turned up in the middle of Stephie 's visit , then tough ! |
| 2 | I should have realised that from the fact that Micky said ‘ Oh Lord ’ — an expression , incidentally , that was n't in the script of the play and that he had never used in his life — before he turned round from the Hooded Owl and looked into the wings . |
| 3 | Transfixed by the sudden intensity of his gaze before he turned back to the Empress , she was totally unprepared for what happened next . |
| 4 | The hot shine must have cut to black as he was soft-footing it up the stairs , because when he turned around on the half-landing and crouched behind the angle of the banister the only light in the hall was the inward spill from the porch , and that was getting less as the door slowly closed on its hydraulic arm . |
| 5 | Paddy , on the other hand was now quite composed and when he turned again to the congregation , his voice was calm although his face was deathly pale . |
| 6 | It must have been quite a shock when he turned up on the doorstep . ’ |
| 7 | The man posed as a gas board official when he turned up at the restaurant in Tarrant Street , Arundel , Sussex . |
| 8 | He was also afraid that when he turned up for the next practice , Amber and Jeopardy 's argument would be resolved , and he would no longer be required . |
| 9 | yet his apparent unconcern was belied when he turned away from the children and cupped his hands tightly together behind him . |
| 10 | When he turned back into the kitchen , Zervos was scowling at him . |
| 11 | When he turned back into the room Isabel saw he had her gown in his hand . |
| 12 | He realized his mistake too late and when he turned back to the entrance Sabrina was already there , blocking his escape . |
| 13 | He grinned when he turned back towards the bed and saw Isabel watching him with a mixture of shyness and feminine appreciation that brought a blush to her face . |
| 14 | The horseman took a great pride in his horses , as we have seen ; and when he turned out on the highway he was careful to see they were braided up , the brasses highly polished , and the bounces — the ‘ lovely coloured worsted ’ , as one horseman called them — properly displayed . |
| 15 | As Aldous Huxley more or less said 40 years ago in The Doors of Perception , as he turned away from the exploding Red Hot Peppers : is n't alcohol a bloody awful drug ? |
| 16 | ‘ We do n't stamp passports , ’ said the Immigration man huffily as he turned away from the desk and went into the little room behind that served as his office . |
| 17 | A few minutes later , as he turned right into the Banbury Road , now beginning to think once more with some semblance of rationality , Morse considered whether his witness had been telling him the whole truth . |
| 18 | ] Buen viaje ! ’ he added , not bothering now to hid his malice as he turned quickly to the door and made his escape . |
| 19 | Lord John sighed inwardly as he turned back to the window . |
| 20 | As he turned back to the eerie blue-blackness of the strip lights in the corridor , Cardiff heard a thick grunt and the slap of someone falling heavily to the tiled floor . |
| 21 | But his secretiveness extended to not even telling them that , and they had to be content to accompany him as he turned left at the foot of the steps that led up to the station entrance and headed for the quays . |
| 22 | As he turned left at the Platz der Einheit and north on to the Otto Buchwitz Strasse he explained what he wanted her to do . |
| 23 | The storm was increasing in fury as he turned left towards the car park , beyond any houses , then made his way to the east on to the scrubby dunes . |