Example sentences of "[subord] he turned [adv prt] [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 | It must have been quite a shock when he turned up on the doorstep . ’ |
| 6 | The man posed as a gas board official when he turned up at the restaurant in Tarrant Street , Arundel , Sussex . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | When he turned back into the kitchen , Zervos was scowling at him . |
| 9 | When he turned back into the room Isabel saw he had her gown in his hand . |
| 10 | He realized his mistake too late and when he turned back to the entrance Sabrina was already there , blocking his escape . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Lord John sighed inwardly as he turned back to the window . |
| 14 | 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 . |