Example sentences of "[noun pl] turned [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her vowels turned in the syrup of her West Country accent . |
| 2 | At a word of command , the file of Scots turned towards the hall , bent forward , and at the same time presented their bare arses to the platform party . |
| 3 | There was some desultory laughter and a few heads turned to the back of the room . |
| 4 | Other heads turned towards the commotion ; indeed , even Donna looked round briefly . |
| 5 | Those big , golden eyes turned towards the radio , ignoring Mrs Hollins . |
| 6 | Marshka 's words hit home , all eyes turned towards the president . |
| 7 | Women knelt there , in the mud , among stones , candles clasped between their praying hands , their faces dramatically lit from underneath , their eyes turned towards the rock , the spring . |
| 8 | I find myself instead picturing Claudia , her dark eyes turned to the sky . |
| 9 | When , in 1916 , pacifist thinkers cast around for an alternative power which claimed to represent the universal interests of mankind , their eyes turned to the United States . |
| 10 | All eyes turned to the ceiling and then fixed on Otley . |
| 11 | With control over Korea and Taiwan secure , Japan 's eyes turned to the territories of Northeast China and Manchuria , and Japan 's search for the acquisition of control over greater portions of Asian territory governed the development of Asian Japanese relations during the four decades up to 1945 . |
| 12 | Many Maronites and other Christian groups turned against the French . |
| 13 | All those cases turned on the effect of particular words in the rent review clause . |
| 14 | So American railway companies turned on the stations which had impaired their financial health and destroyed many of them in an excess of architectural vandalism . |
| 15 | Will he assure the House that the empty properties will not be sold off and service personnel and their families turned onto the street ? |
| 16 | People at other tables turned to the commotion . |
| 17 | When it was over , the owners turned towards the stands , talking animatedly about the result , and I contrived to be where Nell would see me , with any luck , making a small waving motion with my race-card . |
| 18 | Then the first bombs began to fall on Ford Island Naval Air Station and the dive bombers turned on the fleet at anchor , followed closely by torpedo bombers . |
| 19 | With the Government facing a fresh possibility of defeat over the controversial social chapter , tensions erupted as loyal heavyweights turned on the rebels during a heated half-hour clash . |
| 20 | The train wheels turned above the steel tangents . |
| 21 | The front leg is bent at the knee ; the rear leg is kept perfectly straight , with the toes turned towards the front at a 45-degree angle . |
| 22 | The villagers turned at the riders ' approach . |
| 23 | THE Bears turned on the power to grab one of their most satisfying wins of the season at Cleveland Park last night . |
| 24 | I was sad to leave , but when Redruth and I began our journey to Bristol , my thoughts turned to the voyage and the search for treasure . |
| 25 | For no reason at all his thoughts turned to the girl who lived in the house on stilts . |
| 26 | As the afternoon temperature rose our thoughts turned to the beaches . |
| 27 | The Washingtons , though welcome , could not fill the gap entirely , so thoughts turned to the production of relatively simple flying bombs . |
| 28 | His thoughts turned on the conversation he had just had with Harold . |
| 29 | Despite the importance of the positive aspects in Roosevelt 's relationship with Churchill , he regarded the latter as a political anachronism once thoughts turned from the defeat of the Axis to the world of the future . |
| 30 | All faces turned towards the doctor . |