Example sentences of "turn [coord] [verb] back [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | The leaders turned and rode back to the inferno of a village . |
2 | The three faces turned and glared back over the demon 's shoulders . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | Alexei turned and shouted back into the house . |
5 | She turns and goes back to the house . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | Ben hurried to the shutters and threw them open , then turned and stared back into the room . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | He turned and stared back down the muddy track . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | She stared at me blankly for a moment , then turned and went back to the sitting room . |
12 | ‘ Cheers , lads , ’ Duncan said as we turned and went back to the pillar . |
13 | Without saying anything further , Millie turned and went back into the house ; and Ben followed her , there to see Aggie shambling into the room , and although her eyes looked full of sleep , their powers of discernment were indeed wide awake . |
14 | Then he turned and went back into the house . |
15 | He turned and went back into the inn , but he could only just stand on his feet . |
16 | She made a tiny motion of her head , acknowledging the T'ang 's words ; then she stood and , with bows to Tsu Ma and her husband , turned and went back into the pagoda . |
17 | As the minibus disappeared out of the main gates they turned and went back into the foyer . |
18 | He turned and looked back at the half-covered clinic , at the low exposed walls of the animal house . |
19 | Corbett turned and looked back down the moonlit path . |
20 | He turned and looked back into the room and towards what she dimly made out to be a number of people . |
21 | When he reached the end of the street , Scott turned and looked back towards the house . |
22 | He turned and rushed back towards the cage ; but finding the gate barred , he skittered off towards the nearest group of spectators , hotly pursued by his enemy . |
23 | The old woman said something and Simon turned and came back into the room and stood by the deerskin pallet on which Hugh was lying . |
24 | As he started the car and moved away , she turned and walked back into the house . |
25 | She turned and walked back down the hall to the lift . |
26 | He flashed Vologsky a grin which was not returned , then shrugged , turned and walked back across the tarmac towards the administration buildings . |
27 | Now , they turned and walked back to the cottage , with the wind behind them . |
28 | As she disappeared from view , Barney turned and walked back to the car . |
29 | He turned and walked back to the desk . |
30 | Karl turned and walked back along the other side of the garden , although this time Erika did not draw his attention to the words of Josef Stalin paying tribute to glorious workers , doctors , nurses , and so on . |