Example sentences of "he turn [adv] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Synchronised football — Alton 's Dave Miller shows nice control as he turns away from his Fleetlands opponent . |
| 2 | As he turns away from the grave ( symbolically as well as literally ) he meets , beside the yew-tree ( traditional symbol of death ) a Girl whose appearance is strikingly unusual . |
| 3 | After that he turned away from the bed , picked up his jacket which Irina had dropped on the floor , began to put it on , then realising he had no shirt on , dropped the jacket , found the shirt and put that on . |
| 4 | He turned away from her . |
| 5 | Once Edouard was out of sight , he turned away from the window thoughtfully , brushing a few flecks of dandruff absent-mindedly from the shoulders of his suit . |
| 6 | But one important reason why he turned away from belief in God was that he was forced to adopt an unhealthy attitude towards his own questions and serious doubts . |
| 7 | As Aldous Huxley more or less said 40 years ago in The Doors of Perception , as he turned away from the exploding Red Hot Peppers : is n't alcohol a bloody awful drug ? |
| 8 | He turned away from the window abruptly , pulling himself together . |
| 9 | He turned away from the window . |
| 10 | He turned away from the sacred cow of monetarism — sort of . |
| 11 | Panic seized him and with a sudden curse he turned away from the wicket-gate of Clark 's Wharf and gestured at the others to get away . |
| 12 | He turned away from the body and looked for Fiver among the rabbits behind him . |
| 13 | He turned away from her and walked to a tall window which overlooked a formal garden with little hedges , statues and fountains . |
| 14 | I have my doubts erm in , in that erm certainly not within one nation erm I , I agree with you entirely that it 's contradictory to Marxism in that erm what happened in erm with Mao was that erm he turned away from any internationalist socialist concept . |
| 15 | He turned away from her , discomfited at her glance . |
| 16 | He turned away from her , poured himself a drink . |
| 17 | He turned away from them and struggled for control . |
| 18 | He turned away from her as the telephone rang . |
| 19 | ‘ We do n't stamp passports , ’ said the Immigration man huffily as he turned away from the desk and went into the little room behind that served as his office . |
| 20 | He turned away from the window , came back to the bed and sat down once again . |
| 21 | yet his apparent unconcern was belied when he turned away from the children and cupped his hands tightly together behind him . |
| 22 | And he turned away from her to face his desk again , as if everything had been settled for the moment . |
| 23 | He turned away from her . |
| 24 | He turned away from her door , and then turned back again , pulled by his love for her . |
| 25 | He turned away from them , and rode onwards to where the Circle began to grow more empty to the north , and soon there was only the long bar of the outer wall between him and the hills . |
| 26 | He turned away from the window . |
| 27 | And he turned away from her smile . |
| 28 | He turned away from her and went back to his business . |
| 29 | He turned away from her impatiently , and began talking to Nicole , both of them gesticulating , their voices overlapping in their haste to finish what they were saying . |
| 30 | Garry 's shrug spoke volumes , as did the way he turned away from Dana and started to walk across the lawn . |