Example sentences of "she [modal v] turn [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kate 's M in particular gets v. waspish on the subject , assumes that this will be the end of Kate 's career , she 'll turn into a huge cow and smell of milk . |
| 2 | She stopped , then reversed back a few feet until she could turn into the open gateway . |
| 3 | She could turn on the spot by rotating the cylinders fore and aft in opposite directions and at different speeds . |
| 4 | There were moments when she thought of looking for outside help but there was really no one she could turn to . |
| 5 | There was only one person she could turn to . |
| 6 | Avril knew of one person she could turn to for support — Peter Spencer . |
| 7 | She had to make a decision soon , and there was nowhere she could turn to for guidance . |
| 8 | When she was first married , I was the only person she could turn to . |
| 9 | Only later had it occurred to him to wonder whether he should feel alarmed by Charlotte 's anxious tone or flattered that she felt she could turn to him for advice . |
| 10 | Sometimes she 'd turn on her heel , snarling , and lunge at a dog that had gradually edged over and positioned itself expectantly behind her . |
| 11 | If she walked lightly , light as a feather , breathing like a sparrow , she 'd turn to thistledown and just drift in a window at home . |
| 12 | She read the Catechism in bed at night , occasionally sighing ; she would turn towards Bernard and her long hair — she wore it up for work , half-down in the home , fully down in bed — would fall over her face , over her white shoulder . |
| 13 | And she would turn for confirmation to Reginald Forrest , who played the comic characters or heavy villains and whose deep voice could often be heard singing , falsetto , some of the women 's songs . |
| 14 | Time and again , she would turn to simple , homely precepts drawn from the grocer 's shop in Grantham , embellished with strongly held views about human nature . |
| 15 | Similarly , she would turn to the quotations from the Bible , which appeared on church notice boards , and on certain hoardings in the town centre , and which would declare . |
| 16 | He put his arms round Sophie in the hope that she would turn to him . |
| 17 | Ideally the support of the bereaved should be a team effort , and the choice of captain of that team should be left to the widow herself , for she will need one special person to whom she can turn with confidence in any circumstance . |