Example sentences of "turn [adv] from the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If , in such a movement , the head meets a brighter light on one side than the other , the animal turns away from the brighter side . |
| 2 | Nicholson simply turned away from the great open doors that lay before him . |
| 3 | For the chairman of the Royal Commission Labour Ministers turned away from the legal profession , appointing instead an experienced businessman and ICI director , Dr Richard Beeching . |
| 4 | Mirth being in decidedly short supply over the past few weeks amidst the myriad financial scandals and news of the ongoing long-gingering of the gay law reform bill , there was no doubt among the many disappointed punters turned away from the full house on opening night that they were still intent on partying on down at Cork 's new lesbian and gay centre , The Other Place . |
| 5 | Attention has turned away from the national work force to their managers , as Mrs Thatcher 's told British businessmen ; they 're earning too much . |
| 6 | She had turned away from the food-processing factories and chemical plants spewing bilious yellow smoke to gaze towards the east , to the mouth of the Estuary where the river ran out into the North Sea . |
| 7 | With a resolute nod at her reflection , she turned away from the bouncing curls and lightly freckled face and began to undress for bed . |
| 8 | ‘ Push me down it , more like , ’ he grunted , and turned away from the spectacular aerial view , feeling dizzy . |
| 9 | He turned away from the sacred cow of monetarism — sort of . |
| 10 | Cardiff turned away from the rain-streaked window as the policemen on cordon-duty lifted the wooden pole and the last of the cars slid away into the night . |
| 11 | He turned away from the other man and grinned crookedly in greeting . |
| 12 | She bit her lip and turned away from the older nurse . |
| 13 | We shuddered in the lurid light and turned away from the brooding peaks to north and east . |
| 14 | She turned away from the clinical whiteness of one successful firm with its forbidding elderly receptionist , to the old-fashioned chaos of another with its smell of coffee and everyone being informal and helpful . |
| 15 | The parish council is very worried when the controversial barrier opens later this year problems in the village , already vulnerable to flooding , will increase as the water turned away from the shut gates will have nowhere else to go . |
| 16 | They turned away from the main street , towards the river and the closed docks . |
| 17 | Penelope turned away from the little scene , to avoid the inevitable explanations and interpretations of Faustina 's behaviour and found herself facing Rupert Stonebird . |
| 18 | Edward turned away from the assembled prelates and nobles of his council and addressed Philip V as follows : |
| 19 | She smiled as she turned away from the tempting sight of him , holding the swaths of cotton around her as she crossed the room and picked up his hairbrush to untangle the knots from her hair . |
| 20 | Heads low , they pressed on , galloping whenever there was a moment 's calm and heat , turning away from the ice-laden wind when the ferocious shards of the glacier came at them like insects . |
| 21 | He turned sharply from the french window and the view he had been looking at so intently . |
| 22 | True happiness , according to Jesus , comes about when we turn away from the commonly-accepted prescriptions for happiness to abandon ourselves to God . |
| 23 | Supposing that we did turn away from the cheap arguments , where could we find a better way ? |