Example sentences of "turn [adv] to [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wraith turned slowly to his right and disappeared behind the crag . |
| 2 | ‘ How beautiful you are , my lady , ’ he said ingenuously before turning mischievously to his brother . |
| 3 | She turned helplessly to her daughter-in-law . |
| 4 | But , as Mao grew increasingly suspicious of and isolated from more distinguished revolutionary veterans , he turned increasingly to his secretary for help as he tried to rally support for more radical , leftist policies . |
| 5 | Ali turned immediately to his right and climbed over a broken-down wall . |
| 6 | Rory turned gravely to his companion . |
| 7 | Karl , his head turned steadily to his right , peered intently at the run-down flats and battered buildings and factories lining small side-streets , each and every one of which ended in that apparently insignificant , almost unobtrusive wall of grey concrete blocks . |
| 8 | A coal lorry at a junction caused the young man to turn questioningly to his father . |
| 9 | I shall turn later to my perception of what the Home Secretary said earlier , and what some of his hon. Friends have said in his defence and aid . |