Example sentences of "turned [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | A jealous rival turned the lovely Etain into a fly and she was carried away by the winds . |
| 32 | Pew turned with a scream , but he turned the wrong way , and ran straight into the first of the horses . |
| 33 | She made a V-sign turned the wrong way — a silent expletive — and made for the stairs . |
| 34 | Now his heart was thumping as he turned the elevating screw past five degrees . |
| 35 | At her lack of response , he turned the yellowing beam of the flashlight on her white face . |
| 36 | Receiving no response , he went through to the bathroom and turned the cold tap on full . |
| 37 | I went to the sink and turned the cold tap on for a long drink to combat the dehydration . |
| 38 | A film director turned the Jewish judge in ‘ The Bonfire of the Vanities ’ black , to avoid giving offence . |
| 39 | After several years of sheer hard work and dedicated self-sacrifice , which involved giving up her fine mansion and living in cheap lodgings , she finally turned the bankrupt enterprise around and by 1904 was able to sell her shares in Dillwyn & Co. at a very substantial profit to the German industrial giant , Metallgesellschaft of Frankfurt , which was then striving to create an international monopoly of zinc manufacture . |
| 40 | Jack Elam shut the doors behind him and turned the OPEN sign round to CLOSED . |
| 41 | That was why , when you first asked me about this , I turned the whole question round and said ‘ You have to begin from the philosophical problem ’ , but indeed it could be applied in many places . |
| 42 | That was why , when you first asked me about this , I turned the whole question round and said , ‘ You have to begin from the philosophical problem ’ . |
| 43 | But — ’ and here he turned the whole force of his energetic presence on Jacob — ‘ I would suggest that you do not attempt to bring her home . |
| 44 | So he goes out and starts the number and I followed with the guitar intro — you know , the tapping thing — and it turned the whole gig around . |
| 45 | 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 . |
| 46 | Strega turned the third lap at 473mph , the fourth at 472mph . |
| 47 | Sprague turned the last word into a throat clearing noise because the minister had finished just a head of him . |
| 48 | Half way down he heard a commotion below and quickened his heavy step in time to see , as he turned the last bend in the staircase , a slight figure slip out through the iron gate at the main entrance . |
| 49 | As the jeep turned the last curve at the foot of the slope the Brigadier braked and pointed . |
| 50 | Well the French revolution occurred and what the French revolution did , it transferred hus a huge assets to the , to the , the er government , it allowed conscription , a people 's army and it also turned the biggest country in Europe er biggest with the exception of , of Tsarist Russia , er into a , a war state . |
| 51 | 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 . |
| 52 | Between 18 or so delicious courses , as our hosts turned the revolving centre of the table to urge more of this dish or that , compliments were tossed back and forth . |
| 53 | Now he slackened pace and turned the pallid oval of his face towards me . |
| 54 | Knowing that she turned the peeping Toms on with her performances — and that they could do nothing about it as they sat there , transfixed by her sex and her flagrant use of it . |
| 55 | Kirov turned the brief list over in his mind , and a degree of optimism returned . |
| 56 | Its tyres turned the thin coating of snow into glistening mud . |
| 57 | This turned the organic matter into liquid bitumen , which squeezed into pores and fractures in the rock . |
| 58 | In more recent times , the present owners turned the old peasants ' houses , which are scattered all over the estate , into pleasant apartments . |
| 59 | Then he turned the few feet to Creggan 's cage and stared up to where Creggan had taken stance on the bare branch of wood that hung across his cage . |
| 60 | Magill turned the heavy glass in his hand studying the reflections on his drink . |