Example sentences of "[noun prp] turned [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Maria McFadden turned sparkling eyes on the fair man who called himself Florian Jones .
2 CHEEKY Coronation Street star Ken Morley turned perfect angel yesterday to launch the Post Office 's set of Christmas stamps .
3 Shannon turned incredulous eyes on the other woman .
4 Maria turned clear eyes , golden-brown tonight , on Luke and said what needed to be said , eschewing preamble , cleverness and a host of other possible costumes in which she might have dressed it up .
5 Euturpia Kennedy turned untenanted eyes in a face laid waste ; even her lips , emptied of succulence , were hardly there but for the outlined ridge .
6 About this time Berthelet turned active supervision of his printing-house over to his nephew , Thomas Powell , probably by 1549 when he was granted a coat of arms .
7 Juliet turned anguished eyes on him .
8 Bertha turned reproachful eyes to Silas .
9 His departure was followed by a tense silence , until Silas turned bleak eyes upon Doreen .
10 She meant to explain that there had n't been room in their cases but before she could speak Miss Evans turned bright red and said quickly , ‘ Oh , I 'm so sorry , how silly of me , why should you ?
11 Punk Boadicea turned columnist-with-attitude Julie Burchill
12 SEXY Sara Crowe turned veteran comedy actor Jim Dale weak at the knees as they made a passionate bedroom scene for Carry On Columbus .
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