Example sentences of "[coord] turning to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of their old fears of a Kurdish entity in Iraq faded when they were contemplating only a ‘ protected ’ enclave , taking in Kurdish towns and villages , and turning to Turkey for succour . |
| 2 | The young man scoffed loudly , and turning to the Mayor 's companion , jeeringly said : ‘ And I suppose you are the Prime Minister ? ’ |
| 3 | He noted that his rats tended to adopt a strategy for sampling the stimuli in the first stage of ( simultaneous ) training in which they consistently looked into one arm of his T-maze , withdrawing and turning to the other arm only if confronted with the negative stimulus . |
| 4 | He felt his pulse , and turning to me asked , ‘ What illnesses has he had ? ’ |
| 5 | The JCC is a unique body designed ‘ to consider all matters of concern to Kent in relation to the Channel Tunnel project with a view to minimising adverse impacts and turning to best advantage its potential to make a positive contribution for the benefit of the county ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ You need to eat , ’ he said ; and turning to the idiot boy he pointed to his mouth and made the movement of eating . |
| 7 | Further progress along the track was now not advisable , so I followed the kakar up the glade , and turning to the left worked my way down , over open ground , to the forest road below . |
| 8 | If he treats her from the beginning like a woman , elderly perhaps , but still entitled to every courtesy and consideration and some of his undivided attention , and if she treats him with affection and interest , voicing her pride in his achievements , and turning to him for advice on various matters , their relationship is usually off to a good start . |
| 9 | ‘ Ah , our beauteous daughter-in-law ! ’ said the king with his usual bonhomie and turning to the queen . |
| 10 | He was nodding at her , obviously relieved now , and turning to Joe , he thrust out his hand and rumpled his hair as he said , ‘ Such is fate . |
| 11 | The rush over , Maggie drew in a long breath , and turning to the supervisor who was hovering in the background , she asked , ‘ All right if we go ? ’ |
| 12 | And turning to his colleague he said , ‘ Charley , keep an eye on these buggers while I nip round to the station . ’ |
| 13 | And turning to M. Lévy : ‘ This woman 's husband is an extremely rich man , he does n't invest in baubles . ’ |
| 14 | Pausing there and turning to the judgment , Lord Denman C.J. stated , at p. 682 , that the court did not proceed on any doctrine as to relation of principal and surety . |
| 15 | He picked up my suitcase and carried it up the last flight , putting it down outside my door and turning to me . |
| 16 | His central idea , the ultimate negation of the will to live , … ( offers ) the only salvation possible " — and turning to his own artistic activities , present and prospective , he added , " I have in my head Tristan und Isolde … ; with the " black flag " that flutters at the end of it I shall shroud myself to die . " |
| 17 | She made no move to resist , she never could and he lifted his head , looking down at her in amusement , putting her carefully from him and turning to the door . |
| 18 | In this instance we are again studying a very real struggle , with gangs looting , scavenging and turning to organised crime as a means of scraping together a living . |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't know which is worse , ’ she said plaintively , dumping the goulash down on the table and turning to the sink to strain the noodles . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , yes , ’ she answered lightly , and turning to Leith , ‘ I 'm afraid Travis does n't always surface to join us for breakfast on Sunday morning . ’ |
| 21 | Staying on the other side of the Atlantic but turning to the Charles Dutoit/Philadelphia Orchestra coupling of Rachmaninov 's Third Symphony and Symphonic Dances , a Decca team have turned in a quite different acoustic balance . |