Example sentences of "he turn [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Lord 'Awke , the captain — well , 'e was a lord as was n't drunk as a … anyways , 'e turns round and says , ‘ Peel , yer orft . ’ |
| 2 | It was almost enough to make him turn round and go back to Yzordderrex , revolution or no . |
| 3 | ‘ Why here we are all mustarded ’ , as the roast beef said to the Welsh rabbit ’ ; ‘ ‘ Off with a whisk ’ , as the butcher said to the flies ’ ; ‘ ‘ When a man is ashamed to show the front of his face let him turn round and show the back of it ’ , as the turnstile said to the weather-cock . ’ |
| 4 | He turns around and listens . |
| 5 | And if he turns round and says owt , I 'll say , Ian if were n't for me your kids would be naked . |
| 6 | He says that to me and then he turns round and says that they were all taking the piss out of Gemma because she 's got thunder thighs and she has n't , that 's the whole point ! |
| 7 | that 's , that 's gon na happen and the fellows go along with it like when Tony first decided to move and that I thought oh great he 's found a place back in Basingstoke you know , we went and looked at them and everything and he turns round and changes his mind or he 's in the , you know he 's worried or nervous |
| 8 | The window 's shut and he turns round and looks at me . |
| 9 | So what does he do ? he turns round and comes back . |
| 10 | He turns back and tries to stop her , but fails . |
| 11 | Then he turned away and splashed numbly back across the flooded camp to his own hut . |
| 12 | He turned away and walked across the street . |
| 13 | With that , he turned away and walked towards the waiting van . |
| 14 | He turned away and swung himself into the saddle of the horse that Bravd was holding . |
| 15 | He turned away and headed eastward , keeping to the safety of the deserted side streets . |
| 16 | Patrick Lundy stood on the street for a few moments , staring unseeing into the windows , and then he turned away and headed back up to Mayfair . |
| 17 | He turned away and fiddled with his nails , hoping she would n't notice him . |
| 18 | He put his hand under her chin and turned her face upwards towards him and bent down and very deliberately Kissed her full on the lips , and then he turned away and left her . |
| 19 | Annie was annoyed by the abrupt way he turned away and went out . |
| 20 | Then he turned away and went to sleep and I lay there and wept , feeling an absolute failure ’ . |
| 21 | He turned away and addressed his men in Chinese . |
| 22 | Then he turned away and reached for his pen . |
| 23 | ’ He turned away and started trudging through the wet grass in the direction Lesley-Jane had specified . |
| 24 | He turned away and stood before the fire , his back towards her and Hari leaned against the wall for a moment trying to recover her breath . |
| 25 | With a brief , mocking smile , he turned away and hurried up the steps to the hotel lobby , his back as hostile as a roll of barbed wire . |
| 26 | Then , before the other could reply , he turned away and nodded to Fenton . |
| 27 | He did n't answer , his silence becoming unnerving , and when she examined his features she was dismayed by the bleakness she saw there ; then , with almost cold deliberation , he turned away and sat on the edge of the bed with his back to her . |
| 28 | She was solely feeling when he turned again and leaned above her . |
| 29 | He turned around and stared at her with that insufferable thoroughness , which was downright rude , but about which she could n't complain . |
| 30 | Then he turned around and looked and there was a shop cabinet . |