Example sentences of "[noun] turn a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Calvin turns a little way around but he does not speak or make eye contact . |
| 2 | There is no doubt that officialdom in Brussels turns a blind eye to anti-competitive behaviour by state-owned industries in a way that it is not prepared to do for private companies . |
| 3 | They both did a lot of lobbying , which you 're not supposed to do , but the college turns a blind eye to it . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , just the small matter of the DGSE turning a blind eye to arms sales to Iranian terrorists in return for the release of our French hostages in Beirut . ’ , |
| 5 | Rex turned a blind eye to the fact that he was obviously Officer Cecil , poorly disguised in false moustache , tailcoat and spats . |
| 6 | Ann turned a laughing face to me . |
| 7 | Poll rumours continued to play their part , with a handful of ‘ local ’ pit traders taking advantage of the lunch break to turn a 13-point deficit on the Footsie into a 21-point fall by 1pm . |
| 8 | Though mercy killing is still officially illegal , the law turns a blind eye to the 2.4 per cent of Dutch deaths which are accounted for by it . |
| 9 | Hrun turned a puzzled face to him . |
| 10 | A Government plan to turn a disused juvenile prison into a detention centre for immigrants has been strongly criticised . |
| 11 | Senga turned a large adoring eyes on her brother . |
| 12 | Herr Nordern gave her a ghastly , feeble grin , as if asking for remission , but Frau Nordern turned a cold face away , showing only an upright back and stiff neck which in their rigidity seemed to symbolise the rectitude of all the generations of the Houses of von Bromberg and von Ritter . |
| 13 | Frau Nordern turned a marmoreal face , and when she spoke her voice was as cold as her face . |
| 14 | Towards sunset : touches of egg yellow in the distance , ochreish to the west turning a subtle pale green against the light . |
| 15 | Kinsey 's verdict turned a potential Lions win into an All Blacks victory . |
| 16 | His inability to answer her queries turned a suspicious woman into a deeply apprehensive one . |
| 17 | But as long as these extra-curricular affairs are conducted discreetly behind closed departmental doors , the academic establishment turns a blind eye . |
| 18 | Dreaded teacher turns a blind eye |
| 19 | PC-Xremote Edition turns a personal computer into an X Window System server so that the user not connected to a LAN can access hosts supporting X via a modem or RS-232 serial connection . |
| 20 | Michele turned a huge knob and , rather to her surprise , the left hand door swung open easily . |
| 21 | Ross Group turned a half-year profit of £150,000 into a loss of £220,000 , underlining the task which faces the new management . |
| 22 | When director Elliot Silverstein was told that the role of Kid Shelleen in his up-and-coming comedy western Cat Ballou was to be offered to Kirk Douglas , the director turned a whiter shade of pale . |
| 23 | Then the index fell by almost 20 points below Monday 's close after Wall Street turned a tentative opening into a 25 point slump . |
| 24 | Men like Pugin , Ruskin and William Morris turned a distasteful and then a blind eye to the fast growing urban sprawl and preferred to live in genuine or fake medieval houses by rivers or lakes . |
| 25 | It is perhaps not to be wondered that when the clouds of war then appeared , those in high places turned a speculative eye on this , the greatest privately-owned railway organisation in the world , with facilities and space , equipped in a wide range , from precision tools to mighty hammers , forges , foundries , and a tradition of skilled craftsmanship grafted to modern organisational and administrative ability , for a possible source of production of the sinews of war . |
| 26 | HUNDREDS of motorists drove into a gooey mess as heavy rain turned a newly-laid road into a swamp . |
| 27 | The SDP won an extraordinary by-election success at Crosby in Liverpool in November 1981 , when Shirley Williams turned a Tory majority of 19,000 into an SDP majority of 5,000 . |
| 28 | The left photograph best shows the front face ; the right section of the crag that breaks into a series of vertical weaknesses to turn a sharp corner . |
| 29 | The beams of light from this lighthouse turn round completely once every few second The time taken for the beam to turn a full circle is different for every lighthouse . |
| 30 | Governments turn a blind eye to the thousands of poverty-stricken families that migrate to the forest every year . |