Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] turn a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean by this it was not the sort of preparation which on the one hand Elizabethan erm critics and writers of rhetoric books , or on the other hand Ezra Pound in the twentieth century would advise to the poet that he must learn to turn a good sonnet or write in all the metrical forms , or accomplish himself deftly in the technical devices . |
| 2 | I could have turned a blind eye , but to grab it and to throw it to the hounds I think was absolutely abysmal . |
| 3 | He would prefer to turn a blind eye to the problem of asylum seekers around the world . |
| 4 | She went , with a glare at Luke Denner that would have turned a lesser man to stone . |
| 5 | Florist 's foam will help to turn a shallow bowl into a lovely container . |
| 6 | Next month RW&P talks to the main men and gives an in-depth look at the Italian scene and asks whether rugby can afford to turn a blind eye . |