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

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1 Okay , if we wa if we want to turn a blind eye to it then that 's our business you know but er but when you 're , when you 're actually erm
2 We continue to turn a blind eye to the architecture with no name , preferring instead to attack the buildings that future generations will admire .
3 He would prefer to turn a blind eye to the problem of asylum seekers around the world .
4 Choosing to turn a blind eye to the unlikely drama that was unfolding a few feet in front of her , she merely expressed her gratitude for the imitation topaz bangle that she 'd just unwrapped , before turning on her heels and heading downstairs to catch the special seasonal episode of Crossroads .
5 In thirty years , if she had not learned to turn a blind eye to Bernard 's excesses , she had learned nothing .
6 Whereas Nicolae preferred to turn a blind eye to his son 's misdemeanours , which were so unlike his own abstemious and dedicated youth , Elena seemed almost to prefer Nicu 's bad behaviour to Valentin 's modest and retiring example .
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