Example sentences of "turn [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the meantime , drivers Frank Galashan and Danny Hopkins are keeping the Waste Recycling lorry moving by taking it in turns to drive the vehicle to Leslie . |
| 2 | Class of Year Six children People take it in turns to guard the key to the spaceship . |
| 3 | This fits into the body of the tap and is turned to grind the seat |
| 4 | a key is turned to free the world |
| 5 | A possible scenario is that he had turned to leave the church when he was attacked from behind . ’ |
| 6 | For the same reason these last two chairs are not turned to face the rest of the group : they have been set at an angle , obliquely oriented towards the open-work balustrade and the hillside opposite . |
| 7 | I remembered noticing , one similar sunset in the village , how every man outside every taverna had turned to face the west , as if they were in a cinema , with the eloquent all-saying sky their screen . |
| 8 | Tiw slowly turned to face the phenomenon . |
| 9 | They had reached the grave , and Ace obediently turned to face the crowd , so that they could n't see her freed hands , which had previously been hidden by Petion 's body . |
| 10 | It should then have turned to face the planet below it , ready to beam down old movies and new news . |
| 11 | Charles had just turned to face the glass case , having made the analogy of the Hooded Owl and God . |
| 12 | Isabel finally turned to regard the girl sitting next to her . |
| 13 | Of course , the top opening of the bowl will have to be turned to suit the lid . |
| 14 | Paintings erm have the power to take you back in time , I can look at a painting and remember something that 's happened yesterday or years and years ago and as a small child , looking at this painting I remembered as a small child seeing for the first time erm the sea dipping into er , sorry the sun dipping into , into the sea and being horrified I was convinced that the heat of the sun would boil the oceans and the world dry and it reminded me for an awful lot of my childhood and I 'm sure if I 'd seen this painting years ago it would of persuaded me otherwise , erm this is called In A Days Work Satisfaction in a days work , chosen not given , eating the laxed food , face turned to steer a sun , making cloth into a gown and giving colour to the side of a boat |
| 15 | In A Days Work , Satisfaction in a days work , chosen not given , eating the laxed food , face turned to steer a sun , making cloth into a gown and giving colour to the side of a boat erm we know come to a |
| 16 | The Iraqi plane was one of four to cross the parallel that day ; the first two had flown north when challenged , but the second two ( one of which escaped ) had turned to confront the US fighters , in what US officials considered a deliberate attempt to test the resolve of the allies — the USA , the United Kingdom and France — in policing the " no-fly zone " established in August [ see pp. 39068-69 ] . |
| 17 | Two Counsellors had turned to scan the end of the ravine , where the young woman and the big man had taken cover . |
| 18 | The storyline has twists and turns to challenge the inattentive . |
| 19 | Instead they have taken it in turns to chair the committees . |
| 20 | As she turned to greet the father with his offspring , the midwife could not believe her ears : ‘ Place it on the fire , ’ he commanded . |
| 21 | Turning to see an intruder in our paradise , sharp disappointment falls into place . |
| 22 | ‘ Four-legged bastards , off to the right , ’ Harper said warningly , and Sharpe turned to see a troop of enemy cavalry trotting towards the Dutch right flank . |
| 23 | Startled , she turned to see a man with a gun walking out of the folly and then , to her relief , a dog at his heels . |
| 24 | Gazzer , his mind seized up by terror , turned to see a knife in Simon 's right hand . |
| 25 | There came a hissing sound and the ducks turned to see a swan cruising towards them . |
| 26 | Caroline turned to see a group of men and women , in peasant-style attire of white shirts , black boots and braid-trimmed red and yellow skirts and trousers , making their way towards them . |
| 27 | A sound caused her to jump slightly and she half turned to see a figure silhouetted in the doorway . |
| 28 | She turned to see the maid-of-all-work from St Jude 's Rectory , whom she had met after church last Sunday , staring at her . |
| 29 | She shook her head and turned to see the policeman by the bed grimacing at her . |
| 30 | It bounced up and I turned to see the ball hovering above my stumps . |