Example sentences of "turn a [adj] [noun sg] [prep] [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 | The plaintiff must show that the defendant has turned a blind eye to truth in order to advance an ulterior object . |
| 6 | The national populous actually turned a blind eye to atrocities that were happening with human beings . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The Waco sheriff habitually turned a blind eye to Koresh 's activities . |
| 9 | She went , with a glare at Luke Denner that would have turned a lesser man to stone . |
| 10 | Ross Group turned a half-year profit of £150,000 into a loss of £220,000 , underlining the task which faces the new management . |
| 11 | The whole hand turned a deep shade of scarlet , the flesh itself heating up . |
| 12 | She turned a stricken glance on Peter . |
| 13 | Back in the study , Flora turned a beseeching face upon Anna . |
| 14 | Next day , when the mob was destroying the Catholic chapel in Moorfields , he apparently turned a deaf ear to requests for orders from the soldiers and the fire officers in attendance ; and when the rioters ' work was done he uttered the mildest of rebukes : ‘ That 's pretty well , gentlemen , for one day ; I hope you will now go to your own homes . ’ |
| 15 | At the end , between lengthy visits to Walter Reed Hospital in Washington and crippled with arthritis as a result of a youthful bicycle accident , he turned a deaf ear to opposition calls to resign after losing his majority . |
| 16 | Certainly II Cnut 54.1 , which forbids the keeping of a woman in addition to a wife , sits ill with the king 's own relationship with Ælfgifu of Northampton , and suggests that he occasionally turned a deaf ear to Wulfstan 's entreaties ; but this does not necessarily mean that he lacked interest in the archbishop 's work . |
| 17 | When 20,000 travellers invaded Castlemorton Common last May , it turned a picturesque part of Worcestershire into a shanty town . |
| 18 | He bewildered his audience for a moment , and then moved them , when he suddenly turned a political invective about government 's neglect of the environment into a lament that one of the sad losses was going to be the poetry of the countryside , the pastorals of a Vergil or a Theocritus . |
| 19 | Dana stared after him for a moment , then turned a malevolent glare on Claudia . |
| 20 | Irina seemed to be interested in the question and turned a serious face toward Alison . |
| 21 | ‘ You killed him , ’ challenged Thai , and turned a sweaty face to Doyle , who shook his head and smiled . |
| 22 | He turned a speculative gaze on Meredith . |
| 23 | Aggie turned a scornful glance on Ben , then pushed the cart through the gateway on to the road . |
| 24 | He turned a comical face on Katherine . |
| 25 | He turned a dazzling smile on Flavia and she smiled back , her cheeks flushing faintly . |
| 26 | Benedict 's eyes met hers in triumph as she turned a fierce look of venom upon him . |
| 27 | But they fell away and Schmeichel turned a fierce shot from Micky Adams against the outside of a post , and substitute Nicky Banger sent a tremendous shot from long range past the post with the goalkeeper beaten . |
| 28 | Marasli wanted nothing but a quiet life , and turned a blind eye to Miloš 's encroachments . |
| 29 | turned a blind eye to fibre optics , |
| 30 | Which face was now turning a pleased smile towards Alice . |