Example sentences of "[adv] turn [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tiw slowly turned to face the phenomenon . |
| 2 | Charles had just turned to face the glass case , having made the analogy of the Hooded Owl and God . |
| 3 | Isabel finally turned to regard the girl sitting next to her . |
| 4 | He was just turning to leave the room when the door opened and Iris appeared . |
| 5 | I went down on my knees carefully and as carefully turned to face the other way , south . |
| 6 | Throughout the two-day hearing , she appeared relaxed and confident , often turning to share a joke with her two male accomplices in the dock or smile at friends and family who crowded the court 's public benches . |
| 7 | Whereas until now we have been considering changes that are forming an underclass , we now turn to examine a reform already enacted that will ensure that the underclass , and other vulnerable groups , continue to be the least privileged in old age . |
| 8 | With these general observations I now turn to consider the remaining issues . |
| 9 | We now turn to consider the extent to which management control is a reality in the modern large company . |
| 10 | We now turn to discuss the sources of intense bursts of gravitational waves which may be detected directly on Earth in the not too distant future . |
| 11 | To help tackle some of these questions we will now turn to examine the development of another recent set of local economic strategies , those designed to ‘ restructure for labour ’ . |
| 12 | We must now turn to examine the making and shaping of this dominant tradition of conservative normativism in British public law . |
| 13 | We must now turn to examine the pattern of taxation upon which the success of public borrowing depended . |
| 14 | An offset coupling is sometimes needed : these are simply turned to achieve the desired effect of connecting higher , lower or a little to one side — particularly important with a standard washdown assembly , where the flush pipe should be kept straight . |
| 15 | The prior turned to cast a sweeping glance over the silent array of monks , watching him wide-eyed in anticipation and awe . |
| 16 | Ben jumped ashore and tied the rowboat up to the small , wooden jetty , then turned to give a hand to Peng Yu-wei who stood there , cradling a sleeping Meg in one arm . |
| 17 | Robins coolly beat Hallworth then turned to watch a flock of blue shirts besiege the linesman to no avail . |
| 18 | He nodded briefly , then turned to enter the house with Belinda following closely in the wake of his capable stride and feeling very thankful that he had arrived . |
| 19 | Paddy then turned to kiss the altar and when he turned back his hand was raised to give his first priestly blessing . |
| 20 | The stranger held out her hand with a brief unseeing glance , then turned to resume a conversation . |
| 21 | The Romanov family were marched into the basement of a house then turned to face a dozen executioners jostling in the doorway for room to shoot . |
| 22 | Fei Yen jumped down from her mount , letting the groom lead it away , then turned to face the messenger . |
| 23 | He then turned to consider the historic background to the relationship . |
| 24 | Cook for 20 minutes then turn to cook the curved sides for a similar time . |
| 25 | They had reached the grave , and Ace obediently turned to face the crowd , so that they could n't see her freed hands , which had previously been hidden by Petion 's body . |
| 26 | A sound caused her to jump slightly and she half turned to see a figure silhouetted in the doorway . |
| 27 | Between the ranks of bared heads ( one or another of which would occasionally turn to take a quick glance of inspection at his own face ) he could just make out the graceful figure of Mrs Wright herself , kneeling on a hassock in front of the table . |