Example sentences of "turning her [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turning her back on the distant crowd , she sat and unbuttoned her top . |
| 2 | She felt angry with herself for getting carried away by the ideas in her head , for turning her back on reality . |
| 3 | ‘ You are a boring shit , ’ she retorted , turning her back on him . |
| 4 | ‘ Friends , ’ she continued turning her back on him , ‘ by a miracle the settlement has fallen into our hands and I can tell you that the late Lord Chatwin left everything to his son and heir . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Do n't be so fucking patronising , ’ she said , turning her back on me to continue a conversation with Geraldine Porter . |
| 6 | Turning her back on Ben Stack , Ann struck off in as straight a line as possible , eventually arriving at the main road , about three miles east of Scourie . |
| 7 | At the same time , she felt a sense of guilt , of disloyalty , that she could even for an instant contemplate the idea of deserting her mother and turning her back on the place she called home . |
| 8 | Turning her back to Ginny , Barbara tugged open a drawer and took her time over choosing the cutlery . |
| 9 | I 'll not have any child of mine disobeying not only me , but turning her back on God 's own holy ordinance ! ’ |
| 10 | When she grew calmer , he slowly released her and she walked away a few paces , staggering , digging her hands in her pockets and turning her back on him . |
| 11 | Turning her back on Maman 's room , and Dada 's dressing room , she crossed the pavilion-like hallway — useful only to light the double staircase through its long floor-to-ceiling window . |
| 12 | Turning her back on him , she stared out of the window . |
| 13 | Turning her back on his icy gaze , she stormed down the ladder . |
| 14 | Turning her back defiantly on him , she peered at the timetable , wondering despairingly if she 'd ever decipher it before she froze where she stood . |
| 15 | Turning her back , she weighed the hammer and smashed it into the centre of the clay skull at her feet . |
| 16 | She noted the flicker of a smile as he came into the kitchen and poured himself a cup of coffee , but she ignored him , turning her back as she scanned the phone book , desperately hunting for a garage that was reasonably near to this god-forsaken place . |
| 17 | Turning her back on the sunset , she crossed the yard to where a track , wide enough to take a vehicle , led down to the river . |
| 18 | As the frightened boy bolted to Gooseneck 's side , there was a scream from Fishbane 's corner where an unwary Pole had reaped the consequences of turning her back to view the drama . |
| 19 | She took her hand away , turning her back to him . |
| 20 | The centre 's director , David Chi , asked the princess if she could use chopsticks and she demonstrated her ability with a flourish before turning her back on photographers and popping the pancake in her mouth . |
| 21 | Turning her footsteps , she hurried towards the kitchen where she had already begun preparing the tea . |
| 22 | And the way his hand was pressed against her back was turning her limbs to pillars of sawdust . |
| 23 | Coldness ran through her , turning her limbs to ice , her aching heart to stone . |
| 24 | Although this inspired her to try to find other areas apart from work where they could communicate , he seemed intent on repelling her curiosity , deftly turning her queries aside until she was forced to admit to herself that he was as clever in his way as she was , academically , in hers . |
| 25 | She smiled , turning her head first to one side , then to the other so that they could all see the smile . |
| 26 | ‘ So — how did you find out ? ’ she said to Doyle , without turning her head . |
| 27 | Turning her head round to see what the pain could be , Pepita had seen the spider scuttle back into the crate from which she had been thrown with the bananas . |
| 28 | The mare 's breathing was heavy and distressed and she kept turning her head round to him as if asking him for help . |
| 29 | ‘ Your swearing does n't impress me one bit , ’ she said , turning her head aside to avoid a kiss . |
| 30 | But the apothecary had been right , and by morning Anna was almost like her old self , crying at last to be fed instead of turning her head away . |