Example sentences of "turned to [art] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She turned to a glass case that held a number of boxes , and after a moment she said , ‘ No , I 'm afraid not . |
| 2 | Very thoughtfully , she turned to the telephone directory and looked up the name . |
| 3 | In desperation she picked up the paper and turned to the TV guide , but there was nothing scheduled for the early-evening spot apart from game shows . |
| 4 | He turned to the back seat as I swung under the arch and headed towards the Baños del Inca . |
| 5 | In September 1960 , Campbell turned to the land record . |
| 6 | Edward turned to the jewel box beside him , opened it and took out a small gold ring with a precious ruby winking in the centre . |
| 7 | At one stage he turned to the Home Secretary , sitting beside hint , and said : ‘ It was that day , was it not ? ’ |
| 8 | Hennessy turned to the army man . |
| 9 | He picked it up and turned to the address section at the back . |
| 10 | He turned to the food container . |
| 11 | She turned to the duty officer , a man called Higgins . |
| 12 | A glance at her watch as she turned to the car park told her she was not doing too badly after all . |
| 13 | Father Curtis turned to the home/school post which quickly generated a pre-interview discussion : |
| 14 | Yonge first stood for Parliament at Newport , Cornwall , in 1678 , but soon turned to the family seat of Honiton , where he was the leading proprietor . |
| 15 | He turned to the plastic bag that now bulged with deep red fluid and read the increments marked on the side . |
| 16 | Then he took a clean white handkerchief from the back pocket of his close-fitting blue jeans , turned to the laundry trough to wet it , and wiped the blood from her fingers . |
| 17 | The conversation turned to the Biafran War and a controversy arose about the Biafrans ' prospects of success , which would no doubt have been more favourably presented by Aitken than was believed by the General . |
| 18 | He turned to the letter page , and felt his guts constrict as he began to read a letter that carried the headline , ‘ Grunte to be deselected ? ’ |