Example sentences of "[coord] had turned [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many farmers had given up working the land because of low rates of return and had turned to producing more lucrative goods . |
| 2 | Some teachers were aware of this lack and had turned to curriculum publications such as The School Curriculum ( DES , 1981 ) for guidance . |
| 3 | However , by the time the war ended BMK had long since finished with blankets ( after they had produced 2.5 million ) and had turned to engineering . |
| 4 | Suddenly , the boar had been faced with a cliff too steep to climb and had turned on its heel . |
| 5 | He had then been horrified by what he had done , and had turned against the creature to which he stood as God stood to Adam — that sounded like the baffled reformer again to me ! |
| 6 | This interpretation of relationships between party bureaucrats and political representatives was later modified by Milovan Djilas , a senior member of the Yugoslavian political leadership after the Second World War who observed that in Yugoslavia at least the party leaders had ceased to be revolutionaries and politicians but had turned into bureaucrats themselves . |
| 7 | Kathleen 's hysterics were now slightly muted , but had turned to shattering hiccups . |