Example sentences of "and turn his " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man shrugs , spits into the spittoon , mutters , ‘ Stupid meddling fool ! ’ and turns his back on me . |
| 2 | But then he goes and turns his up during the gig ! |
| 3 | Throwing up his career like a Gauguin and turning his back on civilisation would have meant the end of financial support for both of them . |
| 4 | He was small , with wide , staring eyes and a way of raising and turning his head which suggested not so much caution as a kind of ceaseless , nervous tension . |
| 5 | ‘ Take it or leave it ! ’ he said , shrugging his shoulders and turning his back . |
| 6 | ‘ What ? ’ demands Matthew , frowning , and turning his feet over sideways . |
| 7 | He sucked fruitlessly on his now extinct pipe , laid it down on the table beside him , got up , and turning his back on his visitors , wandered over to the window . |
| 8 | As Monsieur Saulnier mentioned the bagpipes , he smiled and turned his head away . |
| 9 | Frank said and turned his head away . |
| 10 | ‘ The President grunted and turned his attention to McGillicuddy . |
| 11 | Buddie lowered his newspaper and turned his head to look at her from beneath furrowed black brows . |
| 12 | I gave him a hard releasing shove in the general direction of Sam , Perkin and an open-mouthed Gareth and at last watched a dozen restraining hands clutch and keep him from destroying himself entirely , but he struggled against them and turned his vindictive face my way and shouted in still exploding rage , ‘ I 'll kill you . ’ |
| 13 | Trent shook himself free of the hands that held him and turned his back on the man . |
| 14 | Again they sat and looked silently back at him , and again he coughed and turned his head and said a little gruffly , ‘ Dr. George Briant , ’ and sat down . |
| 15 | The fox stopped and turned his head to look at Vic for a moment , as if to say , Yes ? and then proceeded calmly on his way , his brush swaying in the air behind him . |
| 16 | She put one plump hand under his bristly chin and turned his face up to confront her . |
| 17 | She , still thrilled with the beauty of the world , refused to go until at last , angered , her father used his powers of enchantment to put the giants into a deep sleep and turned his daughter Tamara in to a silver flowing stream . |
| 18 | The Doctor ignored him and turned his attention to Peg . |
| 19 | The rope swayed a little as he went down hand over hand , then he was on the ground and the rope went still again as he held it fast and turned his face up to her . |
| 20 | Connors shrugged , and turned his attention back to the tape recorder . |
| 21 | It had taken hold of Jesus and turned his spirit into a system . |
| 22 | But Larry declined to look at the tapestry and turned his head up towards her instead . |
| 23 | Unsurprisingly , Socks was fine until his owner 's presidential victory exposed him to the unwelcome attention of the world 's media and turned his little world upside down . |
| 24 | The sky turned black and , as it were , God the Father mourned and turned his back on his only Son . |
| 25 | Manville thrust the telex aside and turned his full attention to the more detailed report which had followed the preparatory message just four days later . |
| 26 | Adam closed his eyes and turned his head away from Anne . |
| 27 | He just waved her away and turned his back on us , and while he was n't looking Mum whispered in Billy 's ear : ‘ Yer wunt ter keep that up fer yer bung ! ’ |
| 28 | He lifted one knee from the ground and turned his head slowly and looked up the slight incline to the path , and in his sun-blinded vision he saw a shape . |
| 29 | World champion Mansell , at loggerheads with Grand Prix team boss Frank Williams , finally snapped and turned his back on Formula One . |
| 30 | Their most expensive signing , £2.5million striker Ian Wright , sat on the bench for the opening game with a thigh strain , and turned his ankle in the first minute when coming on . |