Example sentences of "turn and [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Darlington could hardly have made a worse start , goalkeeper Mark Prudhoe and his fellow defenders standing frozen to the spot as Preece smartly turned and shot into the top left corner in the ninth minute . |
| 2 | The gunman had turned and run to the Sierra . |
| 3 | Then the Germans turned and walked across the empty concrete to the rumbling Dornier . |
| 4 | Kaas turned and walked to the door , pulled it open and shouted in German : ‘ Get Kragan . ’ |
| 5 | Myeloski turned and walked towards the gate . |
| 6 | The arguments used by the radicals against the continued existence of the independent sector were now turned and used against the continued existence of grammar schools and direct grant schools ( which were equally selective and even more predominantly middle-class ) . |
| 7 | The pygmies turned and danced in the air , unloosing a cloud of stinging darts . |
| 8 | With the faceplate removed , the piece reversed , refitted onto the collet the inside is turned and finished to the template . |
| 9 | He turns and plods for the door . |
| 10 | She turns and calls down the corridor for a guy named Malcolm and all the time she 's leaning hard against the door trying to break my foot . |
| 11 | If he loses the trail , he turns and flies across the wind until he picks up her scent again . |
| 12 | Then he turns and dances with the woman behind . |
| 13 | Ana turned and bolted from the room . |
| 14 | Without another word he turned and strode towards the escalator , leaving Matchsticks to struggle after him with his heavy case . |
| 15 | Someone pointed out the arrows to him , and he turned and glared in the direction of the bowmaker 's window . |
| 16 | The duvet wound itself around her as she turned and stretched in the big bed , her limbs languid with heat . |
| 17 | Culley turned and stared across the site . |
| 18 | He turned and stared at the pool . |
| 19 | Dorian turned and stared at the face in the picture , and suddenly he hated Basil more than he had ever hated anyone in his life . |
| 20 | He turned and stared at the Manse . |
| 21 | Rincewind turned and stared at the flames racing towards them , and wondered how much of Ankh-Morpork could be bought for two hundred rhinu . |
| 22 | Then , apparently deciding that this was a special day , he turned and made for the thicket . |
| 23 | He turned and made for the stern of the boat , and disappeared below . |
| 24 | The track turned and twisted through the desert hills . |
| 25 | After holding her gaze just long enough to finalise the threat he turned and went towards the front door of the house , picking up her overnight bag from the terrace as he went . |
| 26 | Yashkin turned and went to the door , the small stamping machine now back in a small box and in his pocket . |
| 27 | Kee turned and went to the door . |
| 28 | Distress caused her eyes to brim with tears , and , furious with her own weakness , she turned and went to the inner office window , where she stared through a blur at the tree-sheltered chalets . |
| 29 | I was going to try the door , but I could hear him snoring before I touched the handle , so I turned and went to the bathroom . |
| 30 | Vern stopped for a second , then he turned and went along the drive . |