1.   A good director of middle-brow comedy, he loses his composure when matters turn serious.

2.   As we ate our meal using our fingers and large clumps of ugali, the conversation turned quite serious.

3.   Off camera the actor is high-spiritedly coltish, but turns serious once the camera starts rolling.

4.   His expression turned serious, although there was a hint of laughter in his eyes.

5.   Although Olajuwon found that comment funny, he has great respect for Starks as an opponent, and he turned serious when asked about the torment Starks has endured.

6.   Although their quips were sassy, she and Dendy knew how to turn serious when the occasion demanded.

7.   And the mayor was suddenly blunt in acknowledging that the whole matter had suddenly turned more serious.

8.   And violence has turned more serious, with Kuwaitis retaining some of the weapons they acquired for defense during the Gulf War.

9.   As it turns more serious, the inevitable, increasingly scary question looms of how and when Buddy will tell her the truth.

10.   As soon as the season is officially over they will turn more serious.