Example sentences of "the [noun pl] turned [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Behind me , the candle I had so carefully placed in the dry straw in the garret of Le Coq d'Or kindled into life and the flames turned the evil tavern into a blazing inferno . |
| 2 | The ensuing exchange over the months turned the whole cast of Balzac 's Comédie Humaine into Katherine 's familiars and gave her an awareness of greed and ambition , love and betrayal far beyond her years . |
| 3 | The owners turned a deaf ear to such an expensive demand . |
| 4 | As Tabitha was trying to get past a couple of coked-up Thrants in expensive shakos and boiled leather , one of the Palernians turned a clumsy somersault , and one of the others pushed her into the canal . |
| 5 | Using the Temple as a short cut was also forbidden by Jewish Law and yet the priests turned a blind eye to it because it brought more trade into the Temple . |