Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] turn a blind eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm , I 'm , quite amazed that , that , the question has even been asked , you know , that er that , that , er is this a good thing , I mean er presumably the people that are arguing that it 's not a good thing and that are concerned about events are actually condoning imperialism , er these people seem to think that it 's okay for a country to be occupied er like Poland was occupied by Germany and Czechoslovakia and France , that 's okay er and in fact you know we should just turn a blind eye to it and just let it carry on forever . |
| 2 | I 've seen them , but I mean if , if they saw anything , I think they 'd just turn a blind eye to most of it . |
| 3 | ‘ I know Mr Yates was n't very happy and I can sympathise , unfortunately the law was there and we could n't turn a blind eye . |
| 4 | Not even the fine citizens of Ecoville who have to get their rake-off too , or they would n't turn a blind eye to it . |
| 5 | If events contradict the way we see things , we may either turn a blind eye or resist hotly . |