Example sentences of "she turn [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Which song she prefers can be measured by which direction she turns on the maze .
2 Then she turns to the candidate himself .
3 She turns to the Monster : ‘ Ooops , ’ she laughs , ‘ there now , we 've dropped it .
4 She turns to the visitor , who has now subsided on to a settee .
5 If these fail and she suspects disease she now incorporates the age-old universal remedies such as massage , heat , cooling , gripe water , aspirin , distraction , and , if those do not succeed , she turns in the West to the doctor .
6 She turned along the ride .
7 Then she turned along the route taken by the boys up to the ridge above the quarry .
8 She turned to the two detectives .
9 She turned to the mantelpiece .
10 She turned to the pope ; and although she was in a less strong bargaining position than James V , now that there was no Protestant threat from England , she was given a certain amount of clerical taxation in 1556 and 1557 .
11 She turned to the Pack , standing silent about her .
12 She turned to the window , and her heart leapt as she saw the grey line of the sea .
13 In those hard times she turned to the god in the village where she lived , and that god stood by her .
14 Then she turned to the red bitch and thrashed her for her negligence , calling her lazy , useless , good-for-nothing .
15 Very thoughtfully , she turned to the telephone directory and looked up the name .
16 She turned to the right and the red saloon followed her round , a hundred yards behind .
17 One said : ‘ By saying what she has said , one can only draw the conclusion that she turned to the Queen and the Duke because her marriage is in trouble and she is desperately unhappy .
18 Then taking a smaller dish from the shelf she turned to the child , saying , ‘ You carry that in ; 't is butter .
19 Aggie turned her head slightly away , took up the knife that was lying to the side of her plate , cut a piece of meat in two , then picked it up with her fingers and ate it ; then she turned to the child and said , ‘ What 's your second name ? ’
20 She turned to the dealers and complained this time about her heart condition .
21 Still resolute , she turned to the desk : something was wrong , her books and papers did not seem to be in their usual place .
22 She turned to the duty officer , a man called Higgins .
23 She turned to the end of the document and saw a signature S. KETTERING over the address of the villa , LA FELICITÀ , MONDANO-IN-CHIANTI , SIENA , ITALY .
24 Molly 's special subject was the Ketterings ; but when she turned to the reproduction of ‘ The Flagellation ’ the book was empty , the list gone .
25 She turned to the younger stranger .
26 She turned to the other guests .
27 Then she turned to the much-travelled carrier bag on the bed beside her .
28 She turned to the shivering Administrator .
29 Suddenly she turned to the inspector , sipping her whisky .
30 Presently she turned to the politician 's companion and rounded off the meeting with an entertaining discourse on the curious food they had just eaten .
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