Example sentences of "he turned [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 He turned away towards the outside of the building , veering to the right to complete his circuit of the structure .
2 It was firmly slapped from his hand by his mother , and abashed by her glare he turned away with the rest , to leave the accursed woman alone , abandoned , shunned like a leper .
3 He turned away to the bedside table and found a souvenir sack of nickels from Las Vegas among the things he had unpacked from his pockets .
4 After that he turned away from the bed , picked up his jacket which Irina had dropped on the floor , began to put it on , then realising he had no shirt on , dropped the jacket , found the shirt and put that on .
5 Once Edouard was out of sight , he turned away from the window thoughtfully , brushing a few flecks of dandruff absent-mindedly from the shoulders of his suit .
6 As Aldous Huxley more or less said 40 years ago in The Doors of Perception , as he turned away from the exploding Red Hot Peppers : is n't alcohol a bloody awful drug ?
7 He turned away from the window abruptly , pulling himself together .
8 He turned away from the window .
9 He turned away from the sacred cow of monetarism — sort of .
10 Panic seized him and with a sudden curse he turned away from the wicket-gate of Clark 's Wharf and gestured at the others to get away .
11 He turned away from the body and looked for Fiver among the rabbits behind him .
12 ‘ We do n't stamp passports , ’ said the Immigration man huffily as he turned away from the desk and went into the little room behind that served as his office .
13 He turned away from the window , came back to the bed and sat down once again .
14 yet his apparent unconcern was belied when he turned away from the children and cupped his hands tightly together behind him .
15 He turned away from the window .
16 He turned away from the photograph .
17 He turned away from the other man and grinned crookedly in greeting .
18 One day , he thought , we shall probably know each other , and for that reason he turned away from the window , not feeling quite equal to meeting the unashamed curiosity of their glances as they came nearer .
19 So he turned away from the mirror and walked towards the weak sunlight ; she had gone out to the balcony , it was warm in the September sunshine .
20 Paddy , on the other hand was now quite composed and when he turned again to the congregation , his voice was calm although his face was deathly pale .
21 And he turned again to the view .
22 He turned also to the Baltic for timber and wood-pulp , and to the Netherlands for dairy produce .
23 You , my poor dear lady , ’ and he turned here to the other great detective , ‘ have as one says ‘ raided the vegetable garden ’ .
24 He built and owned ships to handle his business and made a quay at Fowey , but the port remained inadequate , and he turned instead to the creation of an entirely new port at Par , opened in 1833 , the most spacious port between Plymouth and Falmouth .
25 The hot shine must have cut to black as he was soft-footing it up the stairs , because when he turned around on the half-landing and crouched behind the angle of the banister the only light in the hall was the inward spill from the porch , and that was getting less as the door slowly closed on its hydraulic arm .
26 Adjusting the holes so that he could see properly , he turned around in the road and drove back towards her .
27 He turned well in the box before hitting the outside of the post , but Aberdeen held on to go level with Motherwell and Hearts at the top of the table .
28 He turned well in the box before hitting the outside of the post , but Aberdeen held on to go level with Motherwell and Hearts at the top of the table .
29 He turned up for the audition with his art teacher , Rose , who he was dating at the time .
30 He was also afraid that when he turned up for the next practice , Amber and Jeopardy 's argument would be resolved , and he would no longer be required .
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