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Example sentences of "she turned [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1	She turned over on the bed and sat up .
2	Hoping that nothing had gone wrong with the course of her friend 's romance , she turned around on the piano stool as she heard hard , firm footsteps walking along the terrace .
3	As she turned on to the dual carriageway that ended only a few miles beyond Naas , the rain spat against the windscreen .
4	But actually it does n't tell you anything about the quality of the care which they 're purchasing and the evidence that we are getting increasingly from the community health council is the experience of people of the health service is that actually the quality of the care is getting worse and this is not due to the staff in the health ee the more detailed plans coming to the next meeting of the e the more detailed plans coming to the next meeting of the for an operation er , four years , it should to be said er , she 's been waiting despite the government 's claim that all operations are done within two years er for very severe varicose veins and surprisingly enough she got them because of course most varicose have been removed her , the north-east Thames region erm , and er she turned up on the Wednesday and the operation had been postponed twice previously er , she was er gone through all the er , various tests which took her four hours cos she had to find all the places herself , there was nobody to show her to X-ray and various other places erm she was prepared for the op and then was sent home because there was n't a bed available !
5	One day she turned up with the Raleigh bike because she was worried that I did n't get out much .
6	She turned up at the Café Dôme one night , her beautiful dress torn to shreds .
7	The family 's maid has told how a dishevelled Spiro stopped her working when she turned up at the home the day after the killings .
8	Carefully she turned in through the wide hospital gates .
9	Refusing the invitation to go in for coffee , Fran hurried back to the car and drove across town , only slowing when she turned in through the gates of the college and made her way along the rutted gravel path to pull up in front of the old sandstone building next to Luke 's car .
10	At the end she turned off to the right and there was I with nothing to look at .
11	Desperately , she turned back towards the room and tried to apply her mind to more practical matters .
12	She turned back towards the kitchen and the dogs ' suppers .
13	She turned back into the bed as a sound came from old Donald 's mouth .
14	Myra watched them go , a happy smile on her face , before she turned back into the dressing-room to swathe the wedding gown in its covers .
15	Uttering a strangled sob , she turned back into the thicket .
16	She turned back through the pages .
17	As she turned back to the changing room , Nora caught her arm .
18	‘ Do n't you get impertinent with me , Miss Honey ! ’ the Trunchbull snapped , then she turned back to the unfortunate Wilfred .
19	Her grim smile was triumphant when she turned back to the open freight car .
20	She turned back to the mirror , made a great show of powdering her nose .
21	Pascoe pictured the woman watching the man out of sight before she turned back to the phone .
22	She turned back to the body .
23	She turned back to the space through which she had entered , all the while trying to calm herself .
24	She turned back to the house and resumed searching .
25	She turned back to the typewriter to avoid looking at his face .
26	She turned back to the magazine .
27	She turned back to the constable .
28	She turned back to the left-hand side of the door and there , between Cross and the Diocesan Handbook , was the light green cover of the list of members of the Society of St Sylvester .
29	She turned back to the letter .
30	The other girl made no attempt to hide her disgust as she turned back to the books lying before her on the table , and Rory felt her spirits sink still further as she headed for the door .