Example sentences of "turn [adv] and [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A gust of wind throws rain against the window and shakes the frame ; it 's loud and surprising and I flinch but he just turns slowly and looks out into the darkness with what could almost be contempt before laughing and putting an arm round my shoulder and suggesting we have another drink . |
| 2 | The Minchmoor Road turns right and drops down to Yarrowford . |
| 3 | I turned right and walked up to a crossroads where two shops and a bar were open ; I could n't go in because I had no money , so I continued up the road . |
| 4 | Her head full of these questions , she turned wearily and went back into the kitchen . |
| 5 | He plucked his sleeve gently out of the boy 's hand , and turned unhurriedly and walked out of the room . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Slorne turned away and stared out through the top of her cage as if to say , ‘ There , where the skies are , where the great clouds drift and the winds blow endlessly through time , seek there and you will find what Minch needs . ’ |
| 8 | She shrugged and turned away and stared out of the tiny window . |
| 9 | She turned away and looked out of the window . |
| 10 | Jazzbeaux turned away and looked out of the window . |
| 11 | Disappointed , she turned away and slid back between the sheets . |
| 12 | With a tired little toss of the head , she turned away and sat down in an armchair , motioning for Golding to do the same . |
| 13 | So just turning away and getting on with a job is the most effective response . |
| 14 | She stood for several moments in front of the altar before turning away and walking back towards the door . |
| 15 | She felt , rather than heard , how he turned smartly and loped back across the panelled hall towards the door , no doubt to drive the car round into the garage . |
| 16 | He turned dismissively and moved off with his entourage . |
| 17 | They turned quickly and looked back at the city . |
| 18 | Suddenly the driver turned left and pulled up before one of those little medieval castles on the West Side . |
| 19 | Tolkien too might think of the Norse legend of the ‘ Undying Lands ’ , the Odáinsakr : when King Hadding reached its boundary the witch who guided him killed a cock and threw it over the wall — a moment later he heard the cock crow before he himself had to turn away and go back to mortality . |
| 20 | To the novice first impressions may be chaotic , but the temptation to turn away and come back at some quieter time should be resisted . |