Example sentences of "turn a blind eye " in BNC.
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| 1 | Camp authorities are either unaware of this or turn a blind eye . |
| 2 | We sing dumb anyway Turn a blind eye , |
| 3 | Governments turn a blind eye to the thousands of poverty-stricken families that migrate to the forest every year . |
| 4 | They provide cover for them , they harbour them , they turn a blind eye to their work . ’ |
| 5 | The women turn a blind eye . |
| 6 | ‘ Mostly , so far as I can tell , they turn a blind eye . |
| 7 | The metaphor is unusual , drawing attention to the invitation to whitewash , cover up , turn a blind eye to evil . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Directors know this is going on and turn a blind eye . |
| 10 | Other guidelines were rather less stringently imposed so that , for example , team members would sometimes " turn a blind eye " on detail in spending plans if the general thrust of the proposal seemed to be appropriate for the school concerned . |
| 11 | It was as if he was proposing a bargain to God:I 'll come to church , if You ‘ ll turn a blind eye later . |
| 12 | How could people turn a blind eye or a deaf ear to the horrors that they suffered ? |
| 13 | They just had to put up with it and turn a blind eye . |
| 14 | Or they do , and turn a blind eye . |
| 15 | Turn a blind eye do n't they ? |
| 16 | You turn a blind eye is n't it ? |
| 17 | sort of turn a blind eye . |