Example sentences of "turn a blind eye [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd already turned a blind eye when a couple of his lorries got hi-jacked . |
| 2 | Armed guards told thousands of people with jobs in the western sector they should not report for work ‘ for the time being ’ , while a few were said to have turned a blind eye as scores of their fellow citizens ran for freedom . |
| 3 | The same people who had turned a blind eye as they passed Clary in their snooty fashion , would regard this esteemed gentleman with admiration , perceiving Clarence , as a high-class citizen of Chichester . |
| 4 | Incidentally ; the choice of these two films represents a critical opinion , not only of their special effects though these are outstanding too , even if Oscar turned a blind eye but of the films as a whole . |
| 5 | Some parents are better at turning a blind eye than others . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | Though most developed countries deplore such practices , most either practice them from time to time — as Britain did in its arms dealing with Saudi Arabia — or else turn a blind eye when it suits them . |
| 8 | How could people turn a blind eye or a deaf ear to the horrors that they suffered ? |
| 9 | If events contradict the way we see things , we may either turn a blind eye or resist hotly . |
| 10 | The government would turn a blind eye if the targets were foreign nationals , and particularly a despised Lebanese like Fawaz Younis . |