Example sentences of "turned away [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He put his hand under her chin and turned her face upwards towards him and bent down and very deliberately Kissed her full on the lips , and then he turned away and left her . |
| 2 | Then she turned away and came face to face with Emelda Linley . |
| 3 | Annie was annoyed by the abrupt way he turned away and went out . |
| 4 | Then he turned away and went to sleep and I lay there and wept , feeling an absolute failure ’ . |
| 5 | Lucy made no reply as she turned away and went to where Matt was placing zipper bags of clothing for the men into the minibus . |
| 6 | She turned away and heard the door softly closing and knew she was alone . |
| 7 | She turned away and took a sip of sweet sherry . |
| 8 | His throat felt thick , so he just turned away and took the reins that Harper held ready . |
| 9 | I turned away and took a step back into the twilight . |
| 10 | At the sound of gunfire the refugee ship turned away and made off round the southern counties and up towards Liverpool , where it was finally recognised as a friendly vessel . |
| 11 | One by one the watching men turned away and made their way silently to their vehicles . |
| 12 | Artemis just stared at her , then bobbing a curtsey , turned away and continued on her interrupted progress . |
| 13 | Britta turned away and continued her slow progress across the chamber , murmuring encouragement to the bowed figure in her embrace . |
| 14 | ‘ Piss orf , ’ I hissed at them and they calmly turned away and continued down the street , convinced I really was a genuine cabby . |
| 15 | Colebrooke turned away and spat . |
| 16 | Josie turned away and finished her minicab booking , and then hung up and faced Lucy again . |
| 17 | I turned away and said to Miss Kenton : |
| 18 | As I turned away and headed back the way I had come I passed two dead cows lying on the grass , large shrapnel wounds on their bodies . |
| 19 | He turned away and headed eastward , keeping to the safety of the deserted side streets . |
| 20 | Patrick Lundy stood on the street for a few moments , staring unseeing into the windows , and then he turned away and headed back up to Mayfair . |
| 21 | Peacock turned away and saw Finlayson picking his nose . |
| 22 | Afterwards , Angelo Dundee , who had trained Ali from the start and had to be talked into showing up for this one , watched him slumped in the dressing-room , then turned away and rubbed his eyes as certain people tried to convince Ali that he had been robbed and that a fourth title was still possible . |
| 23 | She turned away and rubbed her eyes wearily . |
| 24 | Cleo turned away and rubbed her nose , sniffling loudly . |
| 25 | Rostov turned away and followed the others into the house . |
| 26 | Then he turned away and reached for his pen . |
| 27 | She turned away and added , addressing the landscape , ‘ People have always said we look alike . ’ |
| 28 | Nell turned away and began to eagerly search the mass of notes , manuals and graphs stacked on desks . |
| 29 | He forced himself to bow politely , and then turned away and began to descend the stairs . |
| 30 | As his boss turned away and began to stride down the corridor , Dexter noticed a wary look slither into Pargeter 's eyes . |