Example sentences of "have turn a [adj] [noun sg] to " in BNC.

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1 The plaintiff must show that the defendant has turned a blind eye to truth in order to advance an ulterior object .
2 She went , with a glare at Luke Denner that would have turned a lesser man to stone .
3 The points were made that parking there can not be dangerous as it is permitted during part of the year , and that the authorities seem to have turned a blind eye to cars parked outside the church during services .
4 Japanese authorities have turned a blind eye to the rapid expansion of their drift-net fleet .
5 For years , the authorities have turned a blind eye to the slaughter , maintaining that it was a quaint custom which would eventually die out .
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