Example sentences of "turn a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The walls have turned a gruesome red-brown from the urine which has also eaten away at the wooden structure of one of the portals . |
| 2 | Not by so much as a blink did Rose betray his own surprise at seeing Naseby , whose face had turned a delicate shade of puce . |
| 3 | Sudden and final loss of ability to walk turned a chronic problem into a crisis : emotionally she could not face this added challenge , and her marital relationship collapsed . |
| 4 | Amateur porn has turned a private passion into a public infatuation . |
| 5 | Wealth , culture , and international adventure had turned a tiny collection of huts into a huge sandstone metropolis . |
| 6 | At the end of the day our friends and I had mastered ‘ bend ze knees ’ and ‘ turn in ze feet ’ and had turned a healthy shade of scarlet around the nasal slopes . |
| 7 | As the crank is turned a clever system of cams ignites each charge in turn propelling a cannon ball from the gun . |
| 8 | In five years he had turned a struggling side into formidable Championship contenders capable of springing surprises on League giants in the Cup . |
| 9 | Japanese authorities have turned a blind eye to the rapid expansion of their drift-net fleet . |
| 10 | ‘ Council 's turned a blind eye to it previously but I 'm in charge now and I 'm booking you under the Fireworks and Public Entertainments byelaw . ’ |
| 11 | The Waco sheriff habitually turned a blind eye to Koresh 's activities . |
| 12 | The points were made that parking there can not be dangerous as it is permitted during part of the year , and that the authorities seem to have turned a blind eye to cars parked outside the church during services . |
| 13 | For years , the authorities have turned a blind eye to the slaughter , maintaining that it was a quaint custom which would eventually die out . |
| 14 | The plaintiff must show that the defendant has turned a blind eye to truth in order to advance an ulterior object . |
| 15 | The national populous actually turned a blind eye to atrocities that were happening with human beings . |
| 16 | She went , with a glare at Luke Denner that would have turned a lesser man to stone . |
| 17 | Ross Group turned a half-year profit of £150,000 into a loss of £220,000 , underlining the task which faces the new management . |
| 18 | The whole hand turned a deep shade of scarlet , the flesh itself heating up . |
| 19 | Dr Kumar turned a 2,000 deficit into a near 2,000 majority . |
| 20 | He turned a dry look on me . |
| 21 | She turned a weary face to him . |
| 22 | This was the normal relaxation of a king 's leisure : Henry I of Germany was so keen a huntsman that he ‘ would take forty or more wild beasts in a day ’ ; the Norman kings turned a substantial proportion of their kingdom into game preserves ; hunting was the natural sport of a militant aristocracy , venting on animals the energy and spleen left over from fighting their own kind . |
| 23 | She turned a stricken glance on Peter . |
| 24 | Then the index fell by almost 20 points below Monday 's close after Wall Street turned a tentative opening into a 25 point slump . |
| 25 | Ann turned a laughing face to me . |
| 26 | Dinah turned a radiant smile on him . |
| 27 | Back in the study , Flora turned a beseeching face upon Anna . |
| 28 | Luke turned a venomous face to him . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | She would n't be keeping the Law if she turned a deaf ear to the call or ran away from it . |