Example sentences of "i turned to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Idly I turned to a 1975 profile of Dr Arabella Melville . |
| 2 | I turned to my partner , Tumbleweed . |
| 3 | With that he dashed off on business , so I turned to his mother , who was seated at a table serving customers , a delicate loop of chain attached to her spectacles . |
| 4 | Then I turned to the other side of the coin — the Civil War that might break out , even if Reunion were voted in by a majority and approved by the Dáil . |
| 5 | I turned to the arts page which , every day this week , contained interview-portraits of two festival writers . |
| 6 | I turned to the gang and waved them on with my hand . |
| 7 | I turned to a medium natural to me when dealing with emotional occasions — versifying . |
| 8 | As a trainee breastfeeding counsellor I turned to my tutor for reassurance , support and counselling and it was a valuable experience . |
| 9 | I turned to him and said : ‘ If you will perhaps follow me , sir . ’ |
| 10 | I turned to the front of the book . |
| 11 | For a quick snack I turned to milk chocolate . |
| 12 | In the end I turned to the longbow of England . |
| 13 | Good intentions , of course , are said to pave the way to hell , but one must , like Edward Teller , be optimistic , so I turned to it ( 9 February ) to watch the rubbing together of two creative intellects , those of John Berger and Susan Sontag who were to discuss/argue/disagree about storytelling . |
| 14 | I turned to her mother . |
| 15 | ‘ AS WE SAT SIPPING COFFEE ON THE FRONT PORCH I TURNED TO MY PARENTS , SMILED AND SAID … |
| 16 | I turned to my nearest fellow browser , intending to ask her politely but firmly to lead me to the nearest padded cell , but it came out wrong . |
| 17 | So , I turned to the devil 's picking method — free-arm — and it sounds fine . |
| 18 | The organist and I finished more or less together and I turned to him for reassurance as I announced my next song : ‘ And now , ‘ ’ Summer Time' ’ . ' |
| 19 | I needed some comfort after the election result so I turned to it for some like-minded thought . |
| 20 | Having read the article I turned to p 110 , Report of the Disciplinary Committee , and wondered about the double standards which seem to exist in every walk of life today . |
| 21 | ’ At the age of 21 I turned to prostitution to provide money for drugs as I now had a heavy addiction . |
| 22 | I did n't like to see him like this so when the second man had gone I turned to Dad . |
| 23 | When I 'd completed this process I turned to the mirror to look at myself for a last time . |
| 24 | I turned to his mother , whose lips were continually moving in silent prayer . |
| 25 | I turned to my driver . |
| 26 | I turned to my typewriter and typed a couple of theses . |
| 27 | ‘ You see , ’ I turned to her . |
| 28 | Toby first — and I turned to the back pages of the Daily News . |
| 29 | Ritually I turned to the back pages of the Daily News to see a picture of a grinning Brian Harley holding the habitual poster-sized cheque beside the equally cheerful sponsor . |
| 30 | It was with considerable interest that I turned to Bernard Denvir 's ‘ In View ’ report on ‘ Art and the East End ’ . |