Example sentences of "he turned [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And with that he turned towards the window and sank to his knees . |
| 2 | For many years he was a Wesleyan Methodist , but then he turned towards the Church of England . |
| 3 | He turned towards the stove so that she should n't see the flush of shame and dismay that he had let slip Berowne 's name . |
| 4 | As he turned towards the smokers ' seats , Loretta stopped and headed in the opposite direction . |
| 5 | He turned towards the map and jabbed at the red-ringed area . |
| 6 | He turned towards the door , but Zurachina moved in front of him . |
| 7 | ‘ Wait , ’ she said as he turned towards the door . |
| 8 | He turned towards the door — and all at once the room was plunged into darkness and a whine of hideous music exploded from the overhead speakers . |
| 9 | He turned towards the companionway . |
| 10 | For a moment he turned towards the creature that wore the face of Justine . |
| 11 | But then he turned towards the stairs and his face went grim and cold . |
| 12 | He turned towards the house and stared at it with brooding eyes . |
| 13 | He was still going well enough , but then , as he turned towards the stands for the last time , a doubt began to nibble , and then to gnaw , Was he losing his momentum ? |
| 14 | Reginald remained in the middle of the room staring at the closed door for a moment ; then , his head making small jerks , he turned towards the fire and , leaning his elbow along the mantelshelf , he looked down into the dying embers . |
| 15 | It was at this point that he turned into the drive . |
| 16 | As he turned into the lane leading to the Maythorpe estate , he became aware of Madeleine 's hand , now ungloved , ruffling the back of his head . |
| 17 | He glanced at the clock on the dashboard as he turned into the courtyard . |
| 18 | No matter how carefully you have studied that Elvis 1968 comeback special look , emulating the King of Sex before he turned into the King of Lard , those around you are reminded more of Alvin Stardust singing ‘ My Coo-Ca-Choo ’ in PVC . |
| 19 | He turned into the Strand . |
| 20 | Auguste was thankful when he turned into the doorway of the hotel , the sight of other temptations removed from him . |
| 21 | For an instant envying his friend 's unmarried state , he turned into the house to pacify whatever agitated waters the doctor had left in his wake . |
| 22 | Another man , again in an official car , was a bit late spotting the photographer and , as he turned into the car park , made a halfhearted attempt to pull on his seat belt . |
| 23 | When he turned into the car park of an attractive roadside pub Leonora went off to ring her sister while Penry gave their orders . |
| 24 | Then he turned on the style to sink Linfield . |
| 25 | Carefully , as if the gentleness of his touch could somehow silence the engine , he turned on the ignition . |
| 26 | He turned on the shower and waited for the hot water to flow through so that he could adjust the temperature . |
| 27 | His face still creased in amusement , he turned on the engine and set the de-mister working . |
| 28 | He turned on the engine , slammed the car into gear , and shot her a shark-like smile . |
| 29 | Now , all this time I held my temper , even when he turned on the tears which he could do , playing skilfully on his little-boy manner which elicited great sympathy from the women . |
| 30 | Hurt was celebrating an award which had been won by his TV series The Storyteller and was staggering around in a drunken haze when he turned on the paparazzi and yelled , ‘ Those bastards have been winding me up all night . |