Example sentences of "turn back to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ … but , with their parents in hospital , I feel any such move would be counter-productive , ’ he 'd added curtly , dismissing the subject as he 'd turned back to the pile of papers in front of him . |
| 2 | ( In good humour he has already turned back to the mime : the two SPIES awaiting execution at the hands of the PLAYER ) Audiences know what to expect , and that is all that they are prepared to believe in . |
| 3 | As I entered , Miss Kenton had turned back to the window . |
| 4 | Her daughter , who had turned back to the window on her mother 's entry , sulkily moved a pile of film magazines and dropped them on the floor . |
| 5 | Sybil favoured him with a keen stare , but obediently turned back to the fire . |
| 6 | I did n't consider the possibility of turning back to the runway behind me , but at the time I thought that a very low-level circuit to the left would bring me round for a landing on an adjacent runway . |
| 7 | Turning back to the clerk I said , ‘ It 's my sister . |
| 8 | ‘ A few minutes ago , ’ said the girl , turning back to the mirror , ‘ I received an unwelcome visitor . ’ |
| 9 | His grip lingered on the translator 's hand and he smiled faintly at her before turning back to the Chief of Protocol who was standing behind him . |
| 10 | Turning back to the telephone , Sophie said coolly , ‘ All right . |
| 11 | He shot a last , quick glance at the girl before turning back to the Princess . |
| 12 | Turning back to the music , only one of the overtures , Beckus the Dandipratt , Arnold 's first composition at the age of 18 , has been previously recorded . |
| 13 | Turning back to the landlord , Giles Aplin said , ‘ I already know the name of the man who gave you this watch — but I want to hear it from your lips — and I want the truth . ’ |
| 14 | The train puffed to a stop ; only five passengers alighted , and the only male among them a tall young man , his hair so fair that from a distance it appeared almost white , waved to them before turning back to the carriage and lifting out a case . |
| 15 | Roirbak and Leila exchanged a glance , and Roirbak shrugged , turning back to the screen , passing responsibility to Leila . |
| 16 | It was cool in the shade and I stayed for a while by the deep pool below the falls before turning back to the path and climbing through the heat of the late morning past Poor 's Land towards Knarlton Knot . |
| 17 | ‘ So are women , ’ said Robert , turning back to the paper . |
| 18 | But meanwhile many Japanese eyes are turning back to the root cause : policy co-ordination and America . |
| 19 | Walter turned back to the ledger , writing slowly and carefully in his beautiful copperplate script . |
| 20 | He turned back to the patient . |
| 21 | As Cameron turned back to the mill , he saw a small coach coming along the Grandtully road with a pair of deerhounds loping at its wheels and a man on horseback behind it dressed in an expensive tweed cloak . |
| 22 | Ace half turned back to the shuttle , pointed towards the sprouting hemisphere ( like chunks of cheddar stuck all over half a grapefruit , she thought ) , and aimed the suit towards the shape that looked like the nose of an asteroid cruncher . |
| 23 | ‘ Let us hope his butler was too drunk to remember faces , ’ he said shortly , and turned back to the work . |
| 24 | My mind turned back to the man Mrs Bradshaw had accosted in the garden , but I knew of no one who bore me that kind of grudge or , if he did , would take it out on me in such a petty and spiteful way . |
| 25 | She turned back to the man slumped in a chair in the cubicle . |
| 26 | Greg retreated a short way down the path , and the Fire Officer turned back to the operation . |
| 27 | Lord John sighed inwardly as he turned back to the window . |
| 28 | Katherine turned back to the window . |
| 29 | He turned back to the window , hiding a smile . |
| 30 | Cardiff turned back to the window and wiped the fog of his breath from the glass . |