Example sentences of "turned [verb] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Laura turned to grin at the small dark-haired girl sitting beside her desk . |
| 2 | As soon as they were amongst the shuttered houses of Edinburgh , Corbett slowed down and turned to grin at the pale , terrified face of Ranulf . |
| 3 | Lifting his head , he turned to grin at the little girl . |
| 4 | Mobuto climbed out slowly and turned to wave at the waiting photographers . |
| 5 | The women clucked and tutted as one by one they turned to stare at the tall fourteen year old . |
| 6 | In the wives ' hostel Jocelyn finished unpacking and turned to look at the other occupant of the room a pleasant woman of thirty five who had introduced herself as Jane Smith . |
| 7 | Laura turned to look at the other woman in astonishment . |
| 8 | It was seventeen years after President Kennedy 's assassination , twelve years since Bobby 's , but the idea was so powerful nobody turned to look at the shattered window or the stunned lad . |
| 9 | She turned to look at the rear clock . |
| 10 | I turned to look at the young man beside me , his long fingered hands resting on the steering wheel . |
| 11 | ‘ I turned to look at the retreating figures of my two friends , feeling unbearably isolated , and went to eat alone in the cafeteria . ’ |
| 12 | " Ah , excuse me , They both turned to look at the winding-stair door , where the small attendant was peeking round the side , most of its body hidden in the twisted darkness beyond . |
| 13 | And , repeating this like a charm : ‘ It was n't me ; it was n't me , ’ she turned to look at the red splashes on the wall . |