Example sentences of "[coord] turn a blind eye " in BNC.

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1 The government also orders , or turns a blind eye to , more violent methods of keeping opponents quiet .
2 Camp authorities are either unaware of this or turn a blind eye .
3 If sweet reason and turning a blind eye are not enough and you feel you have to use some form of punishment , do so without excessive anger or physical force .
4 Many have become lifestyle feminists with husbands and boyfriends who have cultivated the good-humoured acceptance of feminist ideas and who behave as non-oppressive , anti-sexist men , cooking the ratatouille , organising crêches at women 's conferences , and turning a blind eye to untidy houses and piles of dirty washing .
5 Macbeth , for example , asks us some very difficult questions about ( amongst other things ) the relationship between power and sexuality , about acquiescence in the face of evil and turning a blind eye to things we 'd rather not know about .
6 And turned a blind eye to the sinking S** .
7 Marasli wanted nothing but a quiet life , and turned a blind eye to Miloš 's encroachments .
8 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 .
9 Directors know this is going on and turn a blind eye .
10 They just had to put up with it and turn a blind eye .
11 Or they do , and turn a blind eye .
12 It sounds as though Maurin was paying him to keep Barbara there and she was paying him to run errands — deliver the note to you and the photograph to Nice Matin — and to turn a blind eye when she went out . ’
13 Naturally , father knew , but turned a blind eye .
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