Example sentences of "[noun] turned the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dangers facing Venice were brought to the world 's attention in 1966 when high winds and tides turned the city into a lake . |
| 2 | Ropati added the goal but Leeds replied when Gregory turned the ball inside for half-back partner Garry Schofield to score on 16 minutes . |
| 3 | A short figure turned the corner and walked towards the mysterious door . |
| 4 | As the figure turned the corner from the stairhead passage into the corridor , Grant drove the shotgun butt hard into his midriff . |
| 5 | A POWER cut turned the reopening of Britain 's busiest coach station after a £4 million refurbishment into a farce yesterday . |
| 6 | Antony turned the grill off and looked at the dark brown slices of bread . |
| 7 | By dethroning Ferdinand Napoleon turned the revolution of Aranjuez against himself : the rising against Napoleon was thus , in part , a revolution of disappointed hopes . |
| 8 | Old Den turned the horse and looked about him in the yard . |
| 9 | Grimma turned the page . |
| 10 | Molly turned the paper over and found a list of figures prefixed with lire signs and equipped with what seemed to her to be generous allowances of noughts . |
| 11 | The dogs began to growl as Frankie turned the knob of amber g–ass with both hands and pushed the door open . |
| 12 | The lawyer turned the envelope over and over in his hands before he opened it . |
| 13 | His mind turned the phrase over . |
| 14 | I should do something now , because perhaps it was for want of normal company that Eleanor Thorne lay until her mind turned the corner into madness and final decay , I should go out , I should not allow myself to brood , to carry out my sister 's peculiar whims and defer to the judgments she passes upon me . |
| 15 | At last the wind turned the ship towards me and now I cut all the way through the rope . |
| 16 | The noise they said , would n't reach the sow 's ears , but South Oxfordshire District Council turned the idea down . |
| 17 | Wondering who had wrote it , Katherine turned the letter over in her hands , and then held it up to the light , looking for a watermark — anything which would indicate its origin . |
| 18 | The bus appeared just as Katherine turned the corner and she leapt on to it confidently . |
| 19 | After the British Museum turned the book down , the dealers applied for an export licence , which , to their annoyance , was deferred . |
| 20 | The profound embarrassment of Morrissey 's dancing turned the lack of oneness with your body into glamour . |
| 21 | Barnes turned the game with his penalties , but possession alone was not enough to break a Springbok side which defends with a pride born of historical arrogance . |
| 22 | The shouted question turned the prince stern faced and glum . |
| 23 | Loretta turned the page . |
| 24 | Rachaela turned the chicken on to a very low light . |
| 25 | Rachaela turned the chicken out . |
| 26 | Ivy turned the engine off . |
| 27 | With the worst possible timing , Mildred turned the corner just as Miss Hardbroom strode through the door leading from the yard . |
| 28 | Four years later Pope Adrian IV at the Concordat of Benevento turned the ruler of Sicily , William , into his liegeman . |
| 29 | Carter , 42 , from Streatham , ran into further trouble when rival pool administrators turned the launch into a public slanging match . |
| 30 | They glared at each other for a second longer , then Ryker turned the lock and pushed the door open . |