Example sentences of "he turned [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hot shine must have cut to black as he was soft-footing it up the stairs , because when he turned around on the half-landing and crouched behind the angle of the banister the only light in the hall was the inward spill from the porch , and that was getting less as the door slowly closed on its hydraulic arm . |
| 2 | Adjusting the holes so that he could see properly , he turned around in the road and drove back towards her . |
| 3 | He turned up for the audition with his art teacher , Rose , who he was dating at the time . |
| 4 | He was also afraid that when he turned up for the next practice , Amber and Jeopardy 's argument would be resolved , and he would no longer be required . |
| 5 | The phone kept ringing and no one there , and then he turned up on the doorstep . |
| 6 | It must have been quite a shock when he turned up on the doorstep . ’ |
| 7 | He turned up at the dance studio in a pair of very skimpy tight shorts and observing that everyone else was very white and wore towelling track suits , and seeing that he was very tall and very naked , got nervous so went for a walk and smoked a joint . |
| 8 | He turned up at the game with his head shaven , Gazza style , to raise money for a children 's cancer charity as part of Friday 's Comic Relief day . |
| 9 | The man posed as a gas board official when he turned up at the restaurant in Tarrant Street , Arundel , Sussex . |
| 10 | Just as we were leaving he turned up in the hallway . |
| 11 | If he turned up in the middle of Stephie 's visit , then tough ! |
| 12 | We will have words for you in a minute , ’ and he turned round to the crowd . |
| 13 | He turned round at the corner of Queen Charlotte 's Alley to look back . |
| 14 | I should have realised that from the fact that Micky said ‘ Oh Lord ’ — an expression , incidentally , that was n't in the script of the play and that he had never used in his life — before he turned round from the Hooded Owl and looked into the wings . |
| 15 | He turned over on the ground , and put his hand to his cock and squeezed himself . |
| 16 | It was ten o'clock when he turned in between the lodge gates and guided the Porsche down the winding drive to Tavey Grange . |
| 17 | He turned back down the corridor , which was now as dark as a catacomb . |
| 18 | Then he walked heavily on for a pace or two until his tracks merged with the cart-way , then he turned back along the ruts to the stream and did the same thing again , more lightly this time . |
| 19 | He turned back into the town , away from the buses to George 's road , towards the public house . |
| 20 | He turned back into the room and started rummaging among books and papers . |
| 21 | When he turned back into the kitchen , Zervos was scowling at him . |
| 22 | He was more in command of his emotions now , and he turned back into the room . |
| 23 | When he turned back into the room Isabel saw he had her gown in his hand . |
| 24 | He turned back to the diary . |
| 25 | He turned back to the little beggar girl but she had disappeared . |
| 26 | He turned back to the glaring headlights and dimly made out the terrified eyes of the drivers and their passengers . |
| 27 | He turned back to the Monument . |
| 28 | With Emery Walker he turned back to the Roman types of four hundred years before and to the beauty of woodcut title-pages . |
| 29 | He turned back to the Yard telling himself that if Berowne wanted to confide he would do it in his own good time . |
| 30 | He turned back to the Trade Attaché . |