Example sentences of "[conj] then turning " in BNC.
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| 1 | They started by working on a property while they were carrying on other employment , and then turning that property into hotel accommodation . |
| 2 | For example when , as a journalist , I visited couples in their homes to ask about local events , my conversations with women would often be interrupted by their husbands holding up their hands in the direction of their wives and saying in the most matter of fact way ‘ Be quiet , ’ and then turning to me and saying ‘ There is no point in asking my wife . |
| 3 | What has happened to your firm and the rest of the Big Six , that they should be training accountants and then turning them away ? |
| 4 | To get into position , the patient can start by sitting on the side of the plinth , going down gently to lie on his back , and then turning over . |
| 5 | They cut a swathe through the massed black-clad warriors , and then turning swiftly trampled back over their disorganized ranks . |
| 6 | Before starting out , Yanto suggested taking the A38 towards Bristol and then turning off to the right towards the river when they felt like it . |
| 7 | Both cases can be covered by imposing the additional constraint and then turning to the second objective . |
| 8 | Lynam lit the fuse by first questioning captain Lineker about the mood in the squad and then turning on Taylor , who now says : ‘ I end up having a go at the ‘ housewives ' choice ’ and it really was n't me . |
| 9 | Cale performs his songs simply , pounding out confident chords from a grand piano and then turning to an acoustic guitar in order to add another shade of grey to his musical palette . |
| 10 | When Richard did not respond to his greeting except by frowning and then turning away , Hugh remained undismayed . |
| 11 | To Norman he would behave in contrary fashion , agreeing to certain things and then turning on him , affronted , with the remark , ‘ How could you do this to me ? ’ , together with accusations of selfishness . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's very good of him , ’ he said , going across to the window to look at their house and then turning away in pain . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't see what I did different , ’ he said , facing front to inspect the two of them in the mirror and then turning round to have a look from the side . |
| 14 | The old woman lay in her hammock , sleeping ; it was a time when she had taken a heavy dose , and he was able to lead Ariel out and let her walk before him , now and then turning to make sure he was not about to do something to her , put a halter on her or hit her , and she made for the fence and pointed over it and asked him with her hands and eyes if she could go there , beyond the stockade , into the receding forest , where the bromeliads pushed out their stiff blades , and the monkeys nibbled at mango fruits and threw them down when they were unripe with tiny rows of toothmarks like some sharp-fanged fairy child 's , where the birds of many colours screeched . |
| 15 | and then turning back this way . |
| 16 | Mr Harper , the mate , watched as she surged past with all her sails drawing , and then turning to me said : " You 're damned lucky to have seen her . |
| 17 | He whipped back the covers and moved her into bed as if she were a doll , watching her for a second and then turning away . |
| 18 | My father turned up the ring on the cooker under the soup-pan , looking beneath the lid into the warming mixture and then turning back to look at me . |
| 19 | But a bridge ( ‘ Residents Only ’ ) led him across to the main channel of the Cherwell , where the water was still flowing fairly swiftly after the week 's earlier rains , and where pieces of debris were intermittently knocking into the sides of the banks , and then turning and twisting , first one way then the other , like dodgem cars at the fun-fair . |
| 20 | He remembered her in the old days , singing at parties for hours and then turning up for rehearsal next day without any sign of strain or tiredness in her voice . |
| 21 | I , I shall be seeing the you know in a few weeks time the daughter she 's a , she 's er Rene that was erm Eddie , who were very big pals of mine and we go to the anniversary lunch together so we 're all over eighty but erm you could n't the bread shop , was another confectioner 's shop , and then turning round the corner you come to another shop , up two steps , which was and that was another type of confectionery and shop , then you get as far as the corn and seed people er they used to have a shop in Street as well , and then before the First World War there was the butchers and they sold foreign meat . |
| 22 | It got to the stage where we thought we were going to have to pull the idea of actually demonstrating skiing , but I follow if you 're writing about skiing , you at least had to show the difficulty of putting the boots on , and putting the skis on and side-stepping up the hill , and then finding yourself in a snow-plough position , and then turning around . |