Example sentences of "she turned [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she turned along the route taken by the boys up to the ridge above the quarry . |
| 2 | She turned along the ride . |
| 3 | But on a much more significant level , she turned to the man who is repeatedly described as ‘ The man of God ’ . |
| 4 | Taking off the stethoscope , she turned to the herdsman . |
| 5 | She turned to the union . |
| 6 | Still resolute , she turned to the desk : something was wrong , her books and papers did not seem to be in their usual place . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Then she turned to the Duke and said : ‘ Wallis is so beautiful , uncle . |
| 9 | She turned to the window , and her heart leapt as she saw the grey line of the sea . |
| 10 | She turned to the window , a deliberate shutting out , praying he would go now that he 'd had his say . |
| 11 | As she heard her front door click , Rachel 's anger suddenly turned to dismay and as she turned to the window she found she could only see the outline of the cathedral through a mist of tears . |
| 12 | She turned to the stove and checked the damper . |
| 13 | Molly 's special subject was the Ketterings ; but when she turned to the reproduction of ‘ The Flagellation ’ the book was empty , the list gone . |
| 14 | Very thoughtfully , she turned to the telephone directory and looked up the name . |
| 15 | She turned to the rest of the nomes . |
| 16 | She turned to the Baron . |
| 17 | She turned to the driver , |
| 18 | She turned to the door as Myra came in , her smile saying she had been successful . |
| 19 | She turned to the door and it was opened by an anxious Myra . |
| 20 | She turned to the door and flung it open with one contemptuous move . |
| 21 | She turned to the door , almost shivering with nerves as she heard the rapid flow of French from the hall and knew that now she was about to meet the woman she had unconsciously hated for the whole of her life . |
| 22 | Angrily she turned to the door and yanked it open , almost colliding with David Markham who was standing on the threshold . |
| 23 | Then taking a smaller dish from the shelf she turned to the child , saying , ‘ You carry that in ; 't is butter . |
| 24 | 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 ? ’ |
| 25 | She turned to the bathroom , throwing Roman a quiet goodnight over her shoulder . |
| 26 | In those hard times she turned to the god in the village where she lived , and that god stood by her . |
| 27 | She turned to the woman again . |
| 28 | She turned to the right and the red saloon followed her round , a hundred yards behind . |
| 29 | Calling out to him , she turned to the right , making for the side of the house furthest from Switham Thicket , for she had not forgotten a previous occasion when he had dashed off into the belt of trees . |
| 30 | She turned to the bookcase : ‘ Those were his books , but after he had his stroke he could n't read for any length of time without tiring his eyes and I used to read to him . |