Example sentences of "she turn [prep] [art] [noun] and " in BNC.

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1 One said : ‘ By saying what she has said , one can only draw the conclusion that she turned to the Queen and the Duke because her marriage is in trouble and she is desperately unhappy .
2 Then she turned to the Duke and said : ‘ Wallis is so beautiful , uncle .
3 She turned to the stove and checked the damper .
4 She turned to the door and it was opened by an anxious Myra .
5 She turned to the door and flung it open with one contemptuous move .
6 Angrily she turned to the door and yanked it open , almost colliding with David Markham who was standing on the threshold .
7 Aggie turned her head slightly away , took up the knife that was lying to the side of her plate , cut a piece of meat in two , then picked it up with her fingers and ate it ; then she turned to the child and said , ‘ What 's your second name ? ’
8 She turned to the right and the red saloon followed her round , a hundred yards behind .
9 She turned to the camera and grinned .
10 She turned to the dealers and complained this time about her heart condition .
11 She turned towards the pantry and slipped her fingers beneath the slats .
12 She spoke the word aloud as she turned off the water and began rubbing herself furiously with a towel .
13 She turned off the shower and reached for a towel .
14 By the time she arrived , still wrestling with this dramatic rearrangement of the stars in the family constellation , she had the beginnings of a bad headache , and it was only as she turned into the drive and saw the lights and heard voices and music spilling from the house that she thought about the party that was still , clearly , very much in progress .
15 On impulse , she turned into the foyer and bought a ticket .
16 She turned on the tap and gave a whoop of delight as water cascaded forth , hot and plentiful .
17 Robyn muttered beneath her breath , as she turned on the taps and flushed the evidence of her stupidity away .
18 She turned on the radio and listened to a Greek play which she did not understand but liked .
19 Then she turned on the crowd and accused them of being cowards .
20 She turned at the gate and waved to me .
21 She turned in the passage and called .
22 She turned in the doorway and looked back at him , smiling .
23 Of a sudden the room was quiet , and when she turned from the mirror and stood before the three elderly sisters , it could almost be said there were tears in their eyes , and in her own .
24 Panting breathlessly , she turned from the door and moved through to the hall , where Donna was trying to make her way down the stairs .
25 She turned from the stove and looked at him with troubled eyes .
26 She turned from the counter and glanced through some boxes , then said , ‘ I 'm afraid we 've only got fifty of the large size , sir .
27 She turned from the shop-window and set off briskly down the street towards the Stefansplatz , Karelius striding alongside .
28 ‘ You just wait , madam , ’ Tamar thought to herself , as she turned from the room and swept up the stairs .
29 Inanna 's request for water was denied and her sister , inflamed with jealousy , had her turned into a corpse and hung on a stake .
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