Example sentences of "turn and [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The leaders turned and rode back to the inferno of a village . |
| 2 | It was the first time I had made this mistake , but Bamba immediately turned and ran back to us . |
| 3 | Then , as Creggan abruptly turned and went down into the silence and gloom of his shelter , where no other eagle could see him and he could be alone with his thoughts , Kraal muttered after him , ‘ Golden eagle ! |
| 4 | The three faces turned and glared back over the demon 's shoulders . |
| 5 | ‘ Run , ’ Vitor instructed , and as Ashley obediently turned and headed off up the drive he sprinted beside her . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Alexei turned and shouted back into the house . |
| 8 | The visitors turned and filed out of the room , realising that the conversation had come to an end . |
| 9 | But the stranger had already turned and walked off into the night , back along the towpath in the direction from which he 'd come . |
| 10 | If I 'd turned and walked out of the Moebius Strip , none of this would have happened . |
| 11 | She turns and goes back to the house . |
| 12 | Gilbert turned and scurried back to him . |
| 13 | ‘ Good , ’ he said thickly , raking a hand through his hair , then turned and strode out of the villa , slamming the door behind him with a crash that reverberated through the house . |
| 14 | The other Rex turned and strode back to his troops . |
| 15 | Ben turned and stared out across the water fixedly . |
| 16 | Alone again , he turned and stared out across the shadowed lands of his estate towards the distant mountains . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Ben hurried to the shutters and threw them open , then turned and stared back into the room . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He turned and stared back down the muddy track . |
| 21 | He hesitated , then turned and rummaged around on a shelf against the wall . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | We turned and filed back to our seats . |
| 24 | Miss Honey had heard the sound of Matilda 's feet racing over the gravel and now she straightened up and turned and stepped out of the rose-bed as the child came running up . |
| 25 | And she turned and went on down the path . |
| 26 | Aggie took two or three steps backwards , smiled , and turned and went out of the room , leaving the door wide open . |
| 27 | Then he turned and went out of the door . |
| 28 | A shy and tentative smile came to the girl 's face and then she turned and went out of the room , walking as surely and as gracefully as if she could see just like everyone else . |
| 29 | Without another word , he turned and went out of the room . |
| 30 | At the door he stopped for a moment and looked back , but then he turned and went out without another word . |