Example sentences of "turning into a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I merely smiled and he got up , patting his face with his handkerchief , talking about the pollution of the water in London , about tests carried out and how soon everyone would have to boil drinking water first , it 's turning into a third-world city , he said , a third-world country , no one will admit it but England is turning into a third-world country . |
| 2 | I merely smiled and he got up , patting his face with his handkerchief , talking about the pollution of the water in London , about tests carried out and how soon everyone would have to boil drinking water first , it 's turning into a third-world city , he said , a third-world country , no one will admit it but England is turning into a third-world country . |
| 3 | I am rapidly turning into a ghastly old queen ogling rent boys . |
| 4 | Chelsea might have won had the ball not kept turning into a Mexican bean at Kerry Dixon 's feet . |
| 5 | The Roslavl' Party report for 15 March hinted at the reason for this order when it revealed that peasants were of the view that the volost' authorities were imbued with self-seeking ( shkurnichestvo ) ; Soviet Russia was turning into a ‘ purely bourgeois republic ’ . |
| 6 | He was appalled at the thought of turning into a pub at five-thirty for a quiet drink and finding that it had been converted into a Poets ' Pub , ‘ reverberating , like an African village , with the roll of ‘ Drake 's Drum . ’ . |
| 7 | Turning into a Woman |
| 8 | When Maggie tried to tell Phoebe about her gruelling embarrassment Phoebe just laughed and told her she was turning into a bourgeois little creep and should perhaps be taking domestic science and dress-making . |
| 9 | While some of the same satirical zest is evident in The Bed Sitting Room ( 1969 ) , Lester 's chronicle of a post-holocaust world where a stunned Ralph Richardson imagines he is turning into a bedsitter and a doctor tries to keep the old traditions alive by having someone read the BBC News , and the film shows evidence of a superabundant imagination , the narrative is too unfocused for the satirical barbs to hit home , and the result is often tedious to watch . |
| 10 | He felt the whole thing was turning into a game in which each watched the other and paralleled their next move . |
| 11 | She was turning into a different person with a different face . |
| 12 | The ‘ war on drugs ’ looks like turning into a Norteamericano war on the peasants and the ruthless Maoists of Sendero Luminoso . |
| 13 | I felt my eyelids begin to droop and the warmth of the room slowly turning into a soft buzz in my head , the sort of sound which so often precedes the sudden slip into sleep itself . |
| 14 | A former pool had silted up and was turning into a miniature reed marsh . |
| 15 | ‘ But it was turning into a very , very serious problem . |
| 16 | The vamp was soon turning into a lady again though , and by the third song , a moody version of the classic Little Anthony and the Imperials hit ‘ Tears On My Pillow ’ , the audience was seeing a sophisticated side to Kylie too . |
| 17 | ‘ Temple of the law is turning into a casino ’ THE JASON DONOVAN LIBEL CASE : Damages award reinforces the need for reform , say lawyers |
| 18 | Brown 's message is turning into a zealot 's redemption-seeking rant , with scant regard for facts or figures , for his own past record ( ’ I Lobbied : It Was Bad ’ mocked one headline ) , for the need for compromise to make laws , least of all for financial contraints . |
| 19 | From early on it was clear there was little danger of the jollities turning into a wake . |
| 20 | It was turning into a bright , sunny morning . |
| 21 | As he listened he could smell the man ; and he could hear that the song was almost turning into a sob . |
| 22 | To many poorer countries , however , the idea of turning into a replica of one of the industrialized countries , pursuing high money incomes and high growth rates as goals in their own right , appears neither feasible nor desirable . |
| 23 | A continuously low level of investment for many years has stunted the possibility of the ‘ First Industrial Revolution ’ turning into a ‘ Second ’ . |
| 24 | They 're still convinced America is about to implode under the weight of its compounding debt , turning into a bigger version of a Latin American banana republic only without the bananas . |
| 25 | She followed her nose , turning into a passage which led to the back of a small bakery . |
| 26 | He was turning into a porky little Buddha , but compared to everyone else in the room he was life itself , vibrant , irreverent and laughing . |
| 27 | As the days passed it became clear to Ned 's family that he was drifting away from them and his strange affair with the stone was fast turning into a deep and meaningful relationship ! |
| 28 | As long as the hole remains clear of debris , if a pipe should split , air leaking into the system through the hole should limit any mess and prevent an accident from turning into a catastrophe . |
| 29 | Only his two hard-fought goals and grimly consistent defence had prevented the game turning into a rout . |
| 30 | Debbi was like ‘ yes , I 'm completely miserable but what do you mean , break up the band ? ’ ’ says Susanna before turning into a hippy . |