Example sentences of "turn [to-vb] back at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He left the convent with Amsterdam , not turning to look back at the ancient pile . |
| 2 | All turned to look back at the door as the footsteps approached on the flagstones . |
| 3 | He covered seventy yards to gain the partial cover of the shrubbery , flung himself amongst the undergrowth , and turned to look back at the chateau . |
| 4 | They turned to look back at the emptiness they had crossed . |
| 5 | The leaves on the thorn trees were almost open , and when we turned to look back at the distance we 'd climbed , there were clusters of vivid green that trailed down the hillside and encompassed the village like waterweed . |
| 6 | I turned to look back at the softly gleaming , parallel surfaces converging towards an oblong of dimly lit structures , an oblong much taller and narrower than any doorway . |
| 7 | Involuntarily Wycliffe turned to look back at the house on stilts , but it was hidden by a bulge in the slope of the hill … |