Example sentences of "turn and [verb] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The leaders turned and rode back to the inferno of a village . |
| 2 | Woodward came out as the two men turned and walked away in step . |
| 3 | Li Yuan turned and looked across at Tsu Ma , who smiled and gave a tiny nod of his head . |
| 4 | It was the first time I had made this mistake , but Bamba immediately turned and ran back to us . |
| 5 | Then , as Creggan abruptly turned and went down into the silence and gloom of his shelter , where no other eagle could see him and he could be alone with his thoughts , Kraal muttered after him , ‘ Golden eagle ! |
| 6 | The three faces turned and glared back over the demon 's shoulders . |
| 7 | ‘ Run , ’ Vitor instructed , and as Ashley obediently turned and headed off up the drive he sprinted beside her . |
| 8 | When Patrick had stormed out of the room , his head pounding , bile in his throat , he had started for his room , but then he had thought of Jane , and he had turned and headed back down the hall towards the room she shared with her sister . |
| 9 | Alexei turned and shouted back into the house . |
| 10 | The visitors turned and filed out of the room , realising that the conversation had come to an end . |
| 11 | But the stranger had already turned and walked off into the night , back along the towpath in the direction from which he 'd come . |
| 12 | If I 'd turned and walked out of the Moebius Strip , none of this would have happened . |
| 13 | Nicholson and his officers turned and moved away from the landing rail , out of sight of the other prisoners . |
| 14 | She turns and goes back to the house . |
| 15 | The man turns and trots away from me up the right-hand staircase from the mezzanine to the station platform . |
| 16 | Gilbert turned and scurried back to him . |
| 17 | He turned and strode away from her , leaving her weak and sickened and just a little afraid . |
| 18 | ‘ Good , ’ he said thickly , raking a hand through his hair , then turned and strode out of the villa , slamming the door behind him with a crash that reverberated through the house . |
| 19 | The other Rex turned and strode back to his troops . |
| 20 | Then , as though no further communication were necessary , he turned and strode quickly up the path . |
| 21 | He turned and stumped away on his short , thick legs towards one of the boxes which bordered the yard . |
| 22 | Donna turned and stared intently at her friend . |
| 23 | Ben turned and stared out across the water fixedly . |
| 24 | Alone again , he turned and stared out across the shadowed lands of his estate towards the distant mountains . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Ben hurried to the shutters and threw them open , then turned and stared back into the room . |
| 27 | It had become a very sad sight indeed , but Jack hardly noticed as he turned and stared back down the hill to Sakata , its neat rows of buildings looking like so much Lego . |
| 28 | He turned and stared back down the muddy track . |
| 29 | He hesitated , then turned and rummaged around on a shelf against the wall . |
| 30 | With a slow smile that gave his face quite extraordinary charm , he picked up his bowl , waved a languid hand , then turned and ambled back across the garden , his borrowings clutched ridiculously to his large chest . |