Example sentences of "she turn and [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 She turned and ran back to the house before he could say anything else .
2 Bursting into tears , she turned and ran back through the wood , pushing blindly through the ferns , stumbling , hot and panting , determined to get away from Nicky so that she could try to think straight .
3 But she had gone only a few paces before she turned and stared back at the door , a strong sense of oddness — of wrongness — holding her in its grip .
4 And she turned and went on down the path .
5 Without waiting for The Fat Controller 's reaction to all this , she turned and went back to her own table , where she was greeted with little ‘ Well done 's and furtive shoulder pats from her fellow diners .
6 She turned and went back towards her house , and I walked on to Baskerville Hall .
7 A shy and tentative smile came to the girl 's face and then she turned and went out of the room , walking as surely and as gracefully as if she could see just like everyone else .
8 Then she turned and walked over to the blackboard and carefully wiped out all the chalk writing .
9 She turned and walked out of the foyer , her skirts sweeping behind her .
10 As he started the car and moved away , she turned and walked back into the house .
11 She turned and walked back down the hall to the lift .
12 She turned and looked up at Joe , and he , smiling now , said , ‘ I 'm always willing to please . ’
13 When none came she turned and looked up at him .
14 Then she turned and looked back at him , her eyes wet with tears .
15 ‘ Bad joke , ’ said Tod as she turned and looked down on us .
16 Emma had mounted the first step of the stairs and she was unwinding her scarf when she turned and looked down on her mother , saying , ‘ I would have been many things if I had been brought up in peace . ’
17 She turned and looked down at the handbag , clutched tightly in her hand , and flung it far across the room .
18 This strange mood seemed to leave her then , and she turned and hurried back to Sikes ' house .
19 He touched the woman on her arm and she turned and smiled up at him .
20 She turned and set off down the path leading to the river and the house .
21 ‘ Oh , yes , she had her hood up but she turned and shouted back at us . ’
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