Example sentences of "[pron] turned [adv prt] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I turned off to the right through the row of trees , and just as I was meandering past thy rhododendrons I shouted , ‘ Hell and damnation ! ’ |
| 2 | I turned off to the right . |
| 3 | I turned back to the phone . |
| 4 | I turned back to the harbour to wait for him to go away . |
| 5 | After crossing several fields I turned down to the right to follow a metalled road for a while until I reached the first real treat of the day , the Roman road . |
| 6 | At the end she turned off to the right and there was I with nothing to look at . |
| 7 | She turned back to the mirror , made a great show of powdering her nose . |
| 8 | She turned back to the constable . |
| 9 | Then she turned back to the reporter . |
| 10 | Pascoe pictured the woman watching the man out of sight before she turned back to the phone . |
| 11 | She turned back to the space through which she had entered , all the while trying to calm herself . |
| 12 | She turned back to the telephone . |
| 13 | She turned back to the man slumped in a chair in the cubicle . |
| 14 | She turned back to the salad , chopping herbs for the dressing as if she had Penry Vaughan 's neck under the blade . |
| 15 | She turned back to the letter . |
| 16 | The other girl made no attempt to hide her disgust as she turned back to the books lying before her on the table , and Rory felt her spirits sink still further as she headed for the door . |
| 17 | She turned back to the typewriter to avoid looking at his face . |
| 18 | She turned back to the body . |
| 19 | She turned back to the magazine . |
| 20 | As she turned back to the changing room , Nora caught her arm . |
| 21 | She turned back to the house and resumed searching . |
| 22 | Friendship is more important than mountaineering , and so for their sakes I told them they 'd done very well and we turned back to the prospect of a more leisurely Sunday afternoon , with colour supplements , cats , coffee and carpets to lie on . |
| 23 | Marie-Christine bit her lip as they turned on to the road leading up to the château . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm sorry you 've been lumbered with running me back , ’ Ashley said crisply , as they turned on to the road . |
| 25 | ‘ So , you 've gone to the top , ’ Buckmaster commented as they turned on to the Okehampton road . |
| 26 | ‘ Number nine , Gracecourt , ’ he said as they turned back to the street . |
| 27 | He opened the window after they turned in to the country . |
| 28 | We will have words for you in a minute , ’ and he turned round to the crowd . |
| 29 | And he turned back to the Toyota , reaching in to the rear seat and coming out with the blasting plunger . |
| 30 | Lord John sighed inwardly as he turned back to the window . |