Example sentences of "[pers pn] turn [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I turned towards the voice and saw a slender young woman hurrying towards me . |
| 2 | I turned towards the voice to see a small dark number with gleaming black hair and flashing eyes to match . |
| 3 | I turned towards the boar again . |
| 4 | Shep , almost on his knees , tail tucked well in , shot back into his kennel and I turned toward the farmhouse to wash my hands , |
| 5 | I turned into the boy with iron teeth |
| 6 | He was sitting in his jeep as I turned into the driveway . |
| 7 | A tribe of stray cats scattered as I turned into the yard where Ellen 's apartment lay . |
| 8 | As Sergei went off to call his old friends , I turned into the lounge area where tea was being served , and found Surkov and Masha there . |
| 9 | As I turned into the street I felt conspicuous , to say the least , in a red Porsche and wished I was driving a ten-year-old Japanese saloon like most of those rusting away on both sides of the road . |
| 10 | I left Taff at the entrance to the farm and watched him as he continued along the road then , as he clambered up the grass bank and disappeared among the trees , I turned into the farm . |
| 11 | So I turned on the TV to find the news , but they had n't found out who had been on board yet |
| 12 | When I turned on the dishwasher or washing machine , the power required was taken out of the underfloor heat and returned to it immediately the machines were switched off . |
| 13 | I turned on the parking lights and drove slowly forward . |
| 14 | I turned on the smile . |
| 15 | I was in a car with my wife-to-be and we turned on the radio ( I turned on the radio really — My wife could n't care if Leeds went bankrupt tomorrow ) to find out that Leeds were 3–0 down with 15 minutes to go . |
| 16 | I turned at the door and said , ‘ Just write the truth , tuan Hans , that will be the message . ’ |
| 17 | I turned to the apprentice . |
| 18 | So , I turned to the devil 's picking method — free-arm — and it sounds fine . |
| 19 | In the end I turned to the longbow of England . |
| 20 | And now , clearly , it 's time I turned to the poem itself , having spent most of my hour on the question of how Milton got there . |
| 21 | When I 'd completed this process I turned to the mirror to look at myself for a last time . |
| 22 | I turned to the gang and waved them on with my hand . |
| 23 | Remembering the anthology on the beach , I turned to the page , where there was a passage bracketed . |
| 24 | I turned to the woman . |
| 25 | I turned to the passenger on my left . |
| 26 | I turned to the waiter who 'd brought me . |
| 27 | I turned to the President . |
| 28 | I turned to the front of the book . |
| 29 | I turned off the plug bit . |
| 30 | I turned off the road when I drew level with the Brigadier and his Officers , and placed myself on the right of Mills Roberts as the Brigade swept past to the tune Highland Laddie . |