Example sentences of "turned [art] [adj] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | She turned a weary face to him . |
| 2 | Ann turned a laughing face to me . |
| 3 | Luke turned a venomous face to him . |
| 4 | At the end , between lengthy visits to Walter Reed Hospital in Washington and crippled with arthritis as a result of a youthful bicycle accident , he turned a deaf ear to opposition calls to resign after losing his majority . |
| 5 | She would n't be keeping the Law if she turned a deaf ear to the call or ran away from it . |
| 6 | The owners turned a deaf ear to such an expensive demand . |
| 7 | He refused to promise anything , just as he turned a deaf ear to their prayers for his ‘ resignation ’ . |
| 8 | Next day , when the mob was destroying the Catholic chapel in Moorfields , he apparently turned a deaf ear to requests for orders from the soldiers and the fire officers in attendance ; and when the rioters ' work was done he uttered the mildest of rebukes : ‘ That 's pretty well , gentlemen , for one day ; I hope you will now go to your own homes . ’ |
| 9 | Certainly II Cnut 54.1 , which forbids the keeping of a woman in addition to a wife , sits ill with the king 's own relationship with Ælfgifu of Northampton , and suggests that he occasionally turned a deaf ear to Wulfstan 's entreaties ; but this does not necessarily mean that he lacked interest in the archbishop 's work . |
| 10 | And the Westminster North constituency of Stormont Law and Order Minister Sir John Wheeler is among those which turned a deaf ear to the fund-raising targets set by party chiefs . |
| 11 | When the carts had moved on Joseph turned a horrified face to his brother . |
| 12 | ‘ You killed him , ’ challenged Thai , and turned a sweaty face to Doyle , who shook his head and smiled . |
| 13 | Hrun turned a puzzled face to him . |
| 14 | Using the Temple as a short cut was also forbidden by Jewish Law and yet the priests turned a blind eye to it because it brought more trade into the Temple . |
| 15 | And turned a blind eye to the sinking S** . |
| 16 | Our knowledge of all these sides of religious life at Canterbury at the time of the Conquest has had to be reconstructed by laborious scholarship , largely because Lanfranc turned a blind eye to every aspect of a native religious tradition . |
| 17 | turned a blind eye to fibre optics , |
| 18 | Marasli wanted nothing but a quiet life , and turned a blind eye to Miloš 's encroachments . |
| 19 | Rex turned a blind eye to the fact that he was obviously Officer Cecil , poorly disguised in false moustache , tailcoat and spats . |
| 20 | Members of the Academy turned a blind eye to the black marketeers , because the Seven Planets needed food and supplies and the corporations would n't trade with independent worlds . |
| 21 | Nelson , who took Murdoch 's place in goal , first of all did as his namesake and turned a blind eye to a cross from McGinlay . |