Which preposition to use with turns

to Occurrences 8184%

Then the man turned to a comrade and said something rapidly in a language that I did not understand; and, at once, the whole crowd of them fell to jabbering in what, after a few moments, I guessed to be pure Irish.

into Occurrences 1948%

Mix all well together and turn into a mold and stand on ice until cold.

from Occurrences 1373%

At last, wearied and sorely puzzled, I turned from it, to view the rest of the strange place on to which I had intruded.

of Occurrences 1238%

We found a bench in the shade, and sat there very happy, W. smoking and wondering what the next turn of the wheel would bring us.

toward Occurrences 809%

It was lying on its right side, its back turned toward me.

towards Occurrences 754%

After a while, however, he seemed more composed, when I betook myself to the telescope turned towards the earth.

in Occurrences 666%

Immediately after dinner the men all smoked everywhere, in the drawing-room, on the terrace, some taking a turn in the park with Bismarck.

with Occurrences 548%

He breathed the air, walked briskly, turned with the German military precision at the end of his score of strides, and re-entered his cabin at the lapse of the half hour.

on Occurrences 542%

The trained nurse turns on the light, lifts the baby, hushes it, sings to it, rocks it, and stills its weeping by caresses and song.

for Occurrences 381%

It was in at a country hotel, then, that the young Southern pedestrian turned for temporary rest and a meal, and pitiless was the cross-examination instituted by the inevitable lank, middle-aged gristly man, before he could reconcile it with his duty as a cautious public character to reveal the treasures of the larder.

at Occurrences 381%

" "Tide turns at eight in the evening.

against Occurrences 312%

Like the beaver, the Indian who turned against him, will soon be gone too.

out Occurrences 266%

It was curious to turn out of the broad, busy, populous avenue, crowded with trams, omnibuses, and camions, into the narrow, quiet street, which seemed all stone walls and big doors.

about Occurrences 74%

[Bellmour rises, and turns about.

by Occurrences 65%

We watered the lawn together, turn by turn.

through Occurrences 42%

" I started on, and he turned through a doorway at the left.

like Occurrences 40%

Your eyes are now turned like ours to the battle-line in France.

as Occurrences 37%

The revolution we call the Reformation upon which the modern world turns and turns as upon a pivot, while it spared Winchester Cathedral, though reluctantly, swept away all the buildings which surrounded it.

without Occurrences 34%

" Behind him, very far away, it seemed, he heard Patricia wailing, "Olaf!" Colonel Musgrave turned without any haste.

over Occurrences 21%

I know people do not like to believe that; I know that it is much more convenient to fancy that when a man repents, and, as he says, turns over a new leaf, he need trouble himself no more about his past sins.

around Occurrences 21%

Any one of these celebrated processes, by itself, might have been desirable; but their indiscriminate and impetuous combination in the present case gave the Flowerpot a confused impression that her whole ride was a startling series of incessant sharp turns around obdurate street corners, and kept her plunging about like an early young Protestant tossed in a Romish blanket.

under Occurrences 20%

The door-knob turned under the Boy's hand, and before he could more than draw back, a whiff of winter blew into the room, and a creature stood there such as no man looks to find on his way to an Arctic gold camp.

round Occurrences 17%

"I don't suppose we are wanted," Kelson said quietly to Gifford; "let's go for a turn round the garden.

upon Occurrences 16%

Oddly enough, Donnegan at this set his teeth and turned upon his heel, and the girl stole out the door again, and closed it softly behind her.

of Occurrences 16%

Besides all which, I am apt to believe we should find the Race of Men grow wiser as their Progenitors grew kinder, and the Affection of the Parents would be conspicuous in the Wisdom of their Children; in short, Men would in general be much better humoured than they are, did not they so frequently exercise the worst Turns of their Temper where they ought to exert the best.

Which preposition to use with  turns