Example sentences of "turned [art] [adj] ear to " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | She would n't be keeping the Law if she turned a deaf ear to the call or ran away from it . |
| 3 | The owners turned a deaf ear to such an expensive demand . |
| 4 | He refused to promise anything , just as he turned a deaf ear to their prayers for his ‘ resignation ’ . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | And the Westminster North constituency of Stormont Law and Order Minister Sir John Wheeler is among those which turned a deaf ear to the fund-raising targets set by party chiefs . |