Example sentences of "then turned [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The conversation then turned to the Center Parcs and the same voice floated through the mentholated steam . |
| 2 | Now he looked again at the two betting-slips that lay on the table in front of him ; then turned to the back of the Business section for the Sport , his eye running down the results of the previous day 's racing at Fontwell Park . |
| 3 | Buying process roles are considered , and attention is then turned to the issue of how suppliers may effectively sell products to Companies using multi-individual buying procedures . |
| 4 | He smiled , then turned to the boy . |
| 5 | The man held up a hand to silence Barak then turned to the guard beside him and dismissed him with a curt nod of the head . |
| 6 | I put my hands on my hips , waited till I got my breath back then turned to the farmer . |
| 7 | She glanced in at Fergus , then turned to the girl . |
| 8 | But at least she was alive , which was something to be glad about , so she winked at Vi-in-the-mirror then turned to the window and the almost unbelievable beauty outside . |
| 9 | Tsu Ma smiled back at him and nodded , then turned to the window again . |
| 10 | ‘ The patronage system … ’ he began , and then turned to the Bishop . |
| 11 | then turned to the argument derived from Reg. v. Morris [ 1984 ] A.C. 320 and said , at p. 281 : |
| 12 | In the case of Molla Sayyid Muhammad al-Nakib ( Yavuz Celebi ) , on the other hand , Ata'i merely notes that he started off his career as a kasabat kadi , then turned to the medrese system in which he was given a 40-akce medrese and subsequently worked his way up to the Suleymaniye Darulhadis — probably by this time the premier medrese in the empire to which he was appointed in 1012/1604 : he later became kadi of Eyup and then nakibulesraf . |
| 13 | ‘ Cos I know a lot about fish.in He beamed at the crowd around us , then turned to the tank once more . |
| 14 | ‘ Always drink wine or beer , Ranulf , ’ he murmured , then turned to the waterman . |
| 15 | She smiled non-comittally , then turned to the transistor , grateful for the wit and irony of Jane Austen . |
| 16 | Midnight briefly intercepted his look , then turned to the side table , exchanging a platter of carved meats for cheesecake , as if he rejected any attempt to penetrate his wall of reserve . |
| 17 | Suetonius rapidly completed the subjection of south and central Wales , and then turned to the mountain massif of Snowdonia and the centre of hostility it screened . |
| 18 | Father Paddy moved up from the altar-steps to kiss the altar-stone , then turned to the congregation . |
| 19 | The track , after leaving the ridge , went steeply down for a few yards and then turned to the right and ran diagonally across the hill for a hundred yards ; the pile of rocks was about midway on the right-hand side of this length of the track . |
| 20 | The conversation then turned to the legends of King Arthur and Thomas discussed the epic poem he was writing , ‘ Sir Tristram ’ , asking Corbett to tell him all he knew about Wales . |
| 21 | I stacked a large bowl-sterilizer , then turned on the water . |
| 22 | SHe pissed into the tube and then turned on the shower . |
| 23 | Jazzbeaux took the rubber ducks and Wally Whales out of the tub and threw them away , then turned on the shower , letting the water run . |
| 24 | He locked it , and then turned on the light . |
| 25 | All eyes then turned on the mother of the child , who had followed her and at once , everything was silent again . |
| 26 | They stood there , breathless , as the steps came nearer , stopped for a moment outside then turned up the corridor . |
| 27 | She watched as he finished his cigarette , and then turned towards the bike . |
| 28 | He gave her a brief hug , then turned towards the jeep . |
| 29 | ‘ The aircraft then turned into the Harbour , climbed to sixty feet , identified a ship of approximately 5,000 to 8,000 tons and attacked it . |
| 30 | He dodged past the few remaining couples who still danced , then turned into the supper room . |