Example sentences of "turn a [adj] [noun] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not by so much as a blink did Rose betray his own surprise at seeing Naseby , whose face had turned a delicate shade of puce . |
| 2 | Wealth , culture , and international adventure had turned a tiny collection of huts into a huge sandstone metropolis . |
| 3 | At the end of the day our friends and I had mastered ‘ bend ze knees ’ and ‘ turn in ze feet ’ and had turned a healthy shade of scarlet around the nasal slopes . |
| 4 | As the crank is turned a clever system of cams ignites each charge in turn propelling a cannon ball from the gun . |
| 5 | Ross Group turned a half-year profit of £150,000 into a loss of £220,000 , underlining the task which faces the new management . |
| 6 | The whole hand turned a deep shade of scarlet , the flesh itself heating up . |
| 7 | When 20,000 travellers invaded Castlemorton Common last May , it turned a picturesque part of Worcestershire into a shanty town . |
| 8 | Benedict 's eyes met hers in triumph as she turned a fierce look of venom upon him . |
| 9 | Turning a full cellar of Gospel Green cheeses can take up to 2hr and each cheese must be turned every day . |
| 10 | Gingko biloba is a deciduous conifer with beautifully shaped leaves which turn a rich shade of golden-yellow before falling . |
| 11 | The grouse turn a nice shade of red and fall from the sky but the halt in the action when the trigger is pulled is very noticeable . |
| 12 | In one short lesson , then , Burton found that he could turn a decent offer of £10 into a ‘ fortune ’ of £30 a week . |
| 13 | We have already seen how a skilful vertical ordering of parts can turn a brutal set of chords ( Example 141 ) into something much more mellifluous ( Example 143 ) , with only the minimal modification of serial principles . |
| 14 | Down at about a thousand units erm you er b between ten thousand and a thousand units er you 'd suffer the symptoms of radiation sickness erm your hair would drop out and your teeth would drop out and you 'd vomit and your skin would turn a funny shade of green and and you 'd be very ill erm but you , you 'd probably recover er you might not but you , you , I mean people have actually had those sort of doses of radiation and have actually recovered er from it . |