Example sentences of "[pron] turned [adv] [conj] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I turned away and headed back the way I had come I passed two dead cows lying on the grass , large shrapnel wounds on their bodies . |
| 2 | Ward was still asleep when I turned right and headed eastwards towards the Andes , the mist a white vapour , the rice fields , the cacti , the occasional trees , all having a weirdness about them that matched my mood and added to my growing fear of what lay ahead , beyond the mountains I could not see . |
| 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 | She turned away and looked out of the window . |
| 5 | With a tired little toss of the head , she turned away and sat down in an armchair , motioning for Golding to do the same . |
| 6 | Disappointed , she turned away and slid back between the sheets . |
| 7 | Her head full of these questions , she turned wearily and went back into the kitchen . |
| 8 | She turned abruptly and moved quickly through the hallway , hearing from outside the open front door the sound of muted voices . |
| 9 | Reluctant to brave the corridor again in case the conspirators emerged and caught her , she turned sharply and fled up the tower stairs , just one thought uppermost in her mind . |
| 10 | They turned quickly and looked back at the city . |
| 11 | Then he turned away and splashed numbly back across the flooded camp to his own hut . |
| 12 | He turned away and headed eastward , keeping to the safety of the deserted side streets . |
| 13 | Patrick Lundy stood on the street for a few moments , staring unseeing into the windows , and then he turned away and headed back up to Mayfair . |
| 14 | Annie was annoyed by the abrupt way he turned away and went out . |
| 15 | He made an inarticulate sound in his throat and then he turned awkwardly and walked away into her past . |
| 16 | He turned right and went half-way along the corridor and knocked at the fourth door . |
| 17 | He turned dismissively and moved off with his entourage . |
| 18 | He turned now and went hastily from the room , and she repeated to herself , ‘ You get worse , you know that ? more sour . ’ … |
| 19 | He turned then and came across to me . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Ben took the coin from her hand , then looked hard at her before he turned abruptly and went out . |