Example sentences of "turn [to-vb] back [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , against all her better instincts , she stopped and slowly turned to look back down Lyra Street . |
| 2 | Hence , a sequence of shots might be : mother and toddler together on sands , toddler crawls out of picture leaving mother watching to see where it goes cut ; an older child digging a sand castle cut ; closer shot of mother looking out of picture in opposite direction , turns to look back in direction of off-frame toddler , cut from her to toddler who is now well on way to the sea cut ; father getting to his feet to go after child , pan with him as he sets off and catches up with the wanderer , they start to walk back to mother cut ; the older child carries on with its castle-digging ( see pages 62–63 ) . |
| 3 | He pushed open the passenger side door and clambered out , turning to look back at Scott . |
| 4 | The two voices came in unison , but she ignored them , simply turning to smile back at Faye and Tom from the doorway . |
| 5 | Ten yards out on the sea I turn to yell back to Rachel . |