Example sentences of "[noun sg] turned into [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jim , seated , or perched on his chair , could not settle , but got up and stumbled about , laughing helplessly , or sat and laid his head on the table and laughed , sounding as if he wept , then in an excess of happiness and gratitude , banged his two fists on either side of his head , which banging turned into a little sharp jubilant rhythm . |
| 2 | And bit by bit their lovemaking turned into a dry ritual which caused Rita no actual pain , only a lingering , grey regret . |
| 3 | The boat turned into the wind and the waves and headed north . |
| 4 | What should have been a triumphant closing ceremony turned into an embarrassing muddle , so much so that Polish television switched to a football match . |
| 5 | The horse turned into a courtyard where he slowed down , trotting round the small square . |
| 6 | A MAY Day demonstration turned into a riot , leaving one policeman dead and almost 600 people injured . |
| 7 | The car turned into a narrow lane . |
| 8 | The car turned into the road ahead of him , catching him in the full beam of its headlights . |
| 9 | Fifteen minutes passed and no car turned into the shaded driveway . |
| 10 | As they descended the steps , a battered car turned into the drive and pulled up in a corner of the small courtyard . |
| 11 | Then , when her legs were lifted on to the couch , the croak turned into a stilted scream as she cried , ‘ No ! |
| 12 | As victory turned to defeat , domestic conditions deteriorated , belts had to be tightened and hardships increased , and the vision of utopia turned into the reality of total war and impending disaster , the function of the Hitler image as a compensation for the mounting miseries and sacrifices of daily existence gradually lost its effectiveness then collapsed almost completely . |
| 13 | Both taxes came into operation at the time when the land and property boom turned into a slump . |
| 14 | Held on 12 April 1931 the contest turned into a more-or-less direct confrontation between monarchists and an alliance of republicans and socialists . |
| 15 | The second half turned into a rout with eight sizzling touchdowns by Andy Harriman , Gavin Thompson , Neil Edwards , Andy Parton , Mark Russell , Paul Challinor , Glenister and skipper Peter Winterbottom as Blackheath crumbled . |
| 16 | The second half turned into a very different story as Charlton packed the mid-field , although United had their chances to put the game well beyond their reach until the eighty first minute when the impressive Robert Lee slipped the ball past Ken Vasey to give Charlton a point they really did n't deserve . |
| 17 | We are delighted to have found this beautiful establishment which is not really a hotel , in the conventional sense , rather a whole village turned into a hotel — with the exception of one or two buildings which house the wine production . |
| 18 | Her cackle turned into a bronchial cough . |
| 19 | Mr Whinnett said : ‘ The vehicle turned into a driveway . |
| 20 | ‘ The London Stock Exchange turned into a complete menagerie for an hour . |
| 21 | What if , by some unforeseen mischance , the vaccinia-rabies hybrid turned into an organism that actually spread rabies - a disease that has always been comparatively difficult to catch — with smallpox-like contagion ? |
| 22 | Instantly Strawberry turned into a side run and called , " Kingcup ? |
| 23 | MANCHESTER UNITED 's £1 million powerhouse Dion Dublin 's Old Trafford dream turned into a nightmare last week — carried off on a stretcher with a shattered leg . |
| 24 | A 17.2 gain in the FT-SE 100 index turned into a 28.4 fall to 2,218.8 by the close . |
| 25 | For Bernadette Quli , that worry turned into a nightmare when the woman she had taken on to look after her six-month-old daughter , Farrah , fled to Ireland with the baby . |
| 26 | BRIDE Gaynor Murray 's honeymoon horror turned into a dream wedding gift — thanks to airline bosses . |
| 27 | Shirley Williams stumbled on to the scene and a 19,000 Conservative majority turned into a 5,000 SDP ( 1981 version ) one . |
| 28 | As the afternoon turned into a slightly cooler early evening , each crew methodically checked over their rig . |
| 29 | Despite all this , the election turned into a referendum on two explosive issues . |
| 30 | She rode along , swaggering like a man , till she came to where the lane turned into the field , and there she called out as bold as brass : now , please the powers I may find a tiger in the field ! |