Example sentences of "he turned [adv] from " in BNC.

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1 After that he turned away from the bed , picked up his jacket which Irina had dropped on the floor , began to put it on , then realising he had no shirt on , dropped the jacket , found the shirt and put that on .
2 He turned away from her .
3 Once Edouard was out of sight , he turned away from the window thoughtfully , brushing a few flecks of dandruff absent-mindedly from the shoulders of his suit .
4 But one important reason why he turned away from belief in God was that he was forced to adopt an unhealthy attitude towards his own questions and serious doubts .
5 As Aldous Huxley more or less said 40 years ago in The Doors of Perception , as he turned away from the exploding Red Hot Peppers : is n't alcohol a bloody awful drug ?
6 He turned away from the window abruptly , pulling himself together .
7 He turned away from the window .
8 He turned away from the sacred cow of monetarism — sort of .
9 Panic seized him and with a sudden curse he turned away from the wicket-gate of Clark 's Wharf and gestured at the others to get away .
10 He turned away from the body and looked for Fiver among the rabbits behind him .
11 He turned away from her and walked to a tall window which overlooked a formal garden with little hedges , statues and fountains .
12 I have my doubts erm in , in that erm certainly not within one nation erm I , I agree with you entirely that it 's contradictory to Marxism in that erm what happened in erm with Mao was that erm he turned away from any internationalist socialist concept .
13 He turned away from her , discomfited at her glance .
14 He turned away from her , poured himself a drink .
15 He turned away from them and struggled for control .
16 He turned away from her as the telephone rang .
17 ‘ We do n't stamp passports , ’ said the Immigration man huffily as he turned away from the desk and went into the little room behind that served as his office .
18 He turned away from the window , came back to the bed and sat down once again .
19 yet his apparent unconcern was belied when he turned away from the children and cupped his hands tightly together behind him .
20 And he turned away from her to face his desk again , as if everything had been settled for the moment .
21 He turned away from her .
22 He turned away from her door , and then turned back again , pulled by his love for her .
23 He turned away from them , and rode onwards to where the Circle began to grow more empty to the north , and soon there was only the long bar of the outer wall between him and the hills .
24 He turned away from the window .
25 And he turned away from her smile .
26 He turned away from her and went back to his business .
27 He turned away from her impatiently , and began talking to Nicole , both of them gesticulating , their voices overlapping in their haste to finish what they were saying .
28 Garry 's shrug spoke volumes , as did the way he turned away from Dana and started to walk across the lawn .
29 He turned away from the photograph .
30 He turned away from the other man and grinned crookedly in greeting .
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