Example sentences of "turn [adv] [to-vb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rachel froze on the bottom stair , heart stopping , and her head turned slowly to look at the pretty amah . |
| 2 | Instead , he turned away to stare at the picture of her mother which was on the chest of drawers . |
| 3 | ‘ It goes on to explain how the geneticists and the neurochemists — neurotransmitters and all that — are in on the act = ’ His red eyes searched mine once more , then turned away to stare at the solitary lamp . |
| 4 | ‘ Will you look at that ? ’ she exclaimed , turning back to point at the grounds . |
| 5 | Cardiff pushed Jimmy and the girl called Barbara after them , turning back to look at the ragged aperture through which the storm was venting its fury . |
| 6 | Turning back to look at the door , he could see no manual locking mechanism — only a circular brass inset that seemed to need a special key . |
| 7 | Willie turned back to look at the comics so that he missed the surprised expression on his face . |
| 8 | He was turning about to look at the view and the slope of grass back up to the road . |
| 9 | And on one occasion in the gymnasium , I turned round to look at a boy behind me and the master was there and he smacked me with the flat of his hand as hard as he could . |
| 10 | But every time he turned round to look at the black shape labouring after him he was confirmed in the suspicion that Islamic outfits were far sexier than boring old black-leather bras , split-crotch panties or steel suspenders . |
| 11 | From this discussion of London Creole we turn now to look at the London English of my informants in the next chapter . |
| 12 | As they walked up towards the main road , he was surprised to see her turn round to wave at the policemen as if they were old friends . |
| 13 | In the small city of Sydney , Nova Scotia , a thousand did turn out to protest at the loss of the local train . |