Example sentences of "be [adv] turn [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I climbed the stairs for the second time that morning , more wearily this time , I heard the sound of a keg being gently turned in a lock . |
| 2 | Native peoples throughout the world were also turned into a source of picturesque ethnic entertainment on railway stations . |
| 3 | It 's just turning into a pattern . |
| 4 | Surprisingly , this reference to child-killing is later turned into a reality by the Thane of Cawdor himself . |
| 5 | Give Sinbad a better break is the answer he 's one of the most endearing soap characters on the box , yet now he 's fast turning into a busybody . |
| 6 | The vamp was soon turning into a lady again though , and by the third song , a moody version of the classic Little Anthony and the Imperials hit ‘ Tears On My Pillow ’ , the audience was seeing a sophisticated side to Kylie too . |
| 7 | Torridge also , on awaking , went to seek the magician and was also turned into a stream . |
| 8 | What had started with Jones as a search for muon catalysed fusion , then theory on piezonuclear fusion in his paper with van Sieclen and with Palmer as a puzzle about the gases emitting from volcanoes , was now turning into a search for entirely new routes to fusion . |
| 9 | Outside number 1015 the rest of the world came and went , while the porch door swung open and shut even more frequently , as the October wind strengthened , forcing the few passers-by to bend into what was now turning into a gale and to clutch at their hats . |
| 10 | As he listened he could smell the man ; and he could hear that the song was almost turning into a sob . |