Example sentences of "[verb] turn [art] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Amateur porn has turned a private passion into a public infatuation . |
| 2 | The plaintiff must show that the defendant has turned a blind eye to truth in order to advance an ulterior object . |
| 3 | Now Wilkinson has turned the stale escargot into the galloping gourmet of the English game , a player who can be one of the shining lights of the new Premier League season . |
| 4 | But , it is that very fascination — bordering on fanaticism — with the game that has turned the Afrikaner sport into a political football , as the All Black and Wallaby tourists found out . |
| 5 | For most of Day Two , the sun seemed to shine on Worcestershire , but the game has turned the other way since tea . |
| 6 | Until then , police practice involved turning a blind eye to minor breaches of public decency rather than embarking on lengthy prosecutions . |
| 7 | He threatened to quit the hit series when writers tried to turn the gentle fireman-turned-'tec into a trendy , big-time operator involved with glamour girls and car chases : ‘ It just was n't on , ’ said Michael , back on Tuesday ( ITV , 9pm ) for a seventh Boon series , in a 13-week run . |
| 8 | Okay , if we wa if we want to turn a blind eye to it then that 's our business you know but er but when you 're , when you 're actually erm |
| 9 | The British ‘ aristocracy of labour ’ , a stratum peculiar to that country where the class of independent small producers , shopkeepers , etc. , was relatively insignificant , as was the lower middle class of white-collar workers and minor bureaucrats , helped to turn the Liberal Party into a party with genuine mass appeal . |
| 10 | One faction , called the Democratic Platform , wants to turn the Communist party into a social democratic one . |
| 11 | The organisation wants to turn the disused school into a community centre offering religious , educational and leisure facilities . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | As we move into the Festive Season , our message to you and your partners is ‘ Thank You ’ you 've helped to turn an ordinary business into one filled with opportunity for us all to reap in the New Year . |
| 14 | The Canadians , more experienced than most in these matters , say that only a modest amount of special training is needed to turn a good soldier into a good peacekeeper . |
| 15 | Draconian cost controls , improved distribution and a clampdown on high-spending franchisees helped turn a near-£1m loss into a better-than-expected £301,000 profit in the six months to August 16 . |
| 16 | Plants now began to turn the flying skills of the insects to their own advantage . |
| 17 | At the most recent target for the Antipodian Don Quixote , who tilts not at windmills but at woodturners , and not wishing to turn a non-existent battle into a war of attrition , I can only wonder who Mike Darlow will focus his attentions on next ! |
| 18 | She went , with a glare at Luke Denner that would have turned a lesser man to stone . |
| 19 | It is in accordance with such optimism that Euripides should have turned the suffering hero of earlier tragedy into a dialectician and the transcendental justice of Aeschylus into the " poetic justice " dispensed by the deus ex machina who appears at the end of so many of his plays . |
| 20 | We continue to turn a blind eye to the architecture with no name , preferring instead to attack the buildings that future generations will admire . |
| 21 | Lou Reed 's critical rehabilitation is threatening to turn the old sourpuss into rock ‘ n ’ roll 's first Professor of Literature . |
| 22 | If he ever decided to turn the full wattage of his charm on a woman , she thought , distractedly folding some of her clothes into neat piles , he 'd be quite irresistible . |
| 23 | Labour sought to turn the general election into a referendum on the NHS , asking voters for a mandate to reverse the changes . |
| 24 | First , the image ca n't be the ‘ supporting actor ’ , helping to turn a dreary document into something much more attractive , but without hogging the limelight . |
| 25 | Much more needs to be done , but I shall always endeavour to turn a sympathetic ear to changes that will enable us to serve our constituents more effectively . |
| 26 | He would prefer to turn a blind eye to the problem of asylum seekers around the world . |
| 27 | Honouring someone does not mean turning a blind eye to weakness . |
| 28 | Choosing to turn a blind eye to the unlikely drama that was unfolding a few feet in front of her , she merely expressed her gratitude for the imitation topaz bangle that she 'd just unwrapped , before turning on her heels and heading downstairs to catch the special seasonal episode of Crossroads . |
| 29 | Its impact can be compared to the way in which the Tories in Scotland managed to turn a predicted disaster into an additional two seats at the last UK elections . |
| 30 | 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 . |