Example sentences of "turned a " in BNC.
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| 1 | His McLaren-Honda , which had not turned a wheel until two days before , did not miss a beat . |
| 2 | He 'd already turned a blind eye when a couple of his lorries got hi-jacked . |
| 3 | Armed guards told thousands of people with jobs in the western sector they should not report for work ‘ for the time being ’ , while a few were said to have turned a blind eye as scores of their fellow citizens ran for freedom . |
| 4 | It 's not surprising , therefore , that a 33-year-old former London motor mechanic has turned a A$200 garden shed operation into an expanding enterprise with a A$250,000 per year turnover . |
| 5 | Japanese authorities have turned a blind eye to the rapid expansion of their drift-net fleet . |
| 6 | The hot green South was behind me now ; there were no more palm trees , and the land had turned a wintry brown . |
| 7 | Readers became familiar with their Doppelgangers , as if they had turned a corner and unexpectedly confronted themselves in a mirror . |
| 8 | ‘ Council 's turned a blind eye to it previously but I 'm in charge now and I 'm booking you under the Fireworks and Public Entertainments byelaw . ’ |
| 9 | Climbing the stair behind her , looking up at her clacking legs , his body already responding , he had turned a pillar of pearl into a hard shaft of flesh . |
| 10 | Wealth , culture , and international adventure had turned a tiny collection of huts into a huge sandstone metropolis . |
| 11 | With a few minor improvements , Weston Williamson has turned a standard fire escape into an exciting addition to the building . |
| 12 | She queried what had turned a band that had formerly written , ‘ Sweet , enticing ballads ’ into one which was : ‘ Brash and abrasive , pained and persecuted . ’ |
| 13 | In five years he had turned a struggling side into formidable Championship contenders capable of springing surprises on League giants in the Cup . |
| 14 | After about 45 minutes we noticed that the Post Office official , seated in the bucket seat across the fuselage from Dick and me , seemed to have turned a rather sickly white , and he even tried to stand up quickly despite his safety belt . |
| 15 | I wish I had his poise ; he ca n't have expected to see the fräulein , but has n't turned a hair . |
| 16 | a ‘ quick-service hatch ’ and lots of ‘ go ’ have turned a liability into a success . |
| 17 | Ibn Fayoud half closed his eyes as if someone had turned a knife in his guts . |
| 18 | Raimundo 's sallow face had turned a dark red . |
| 19 | After just two hours in the air the sky had turned a deep purple and the stars were clearly visible . |
| 20 | English-speaking countries , however , have been relatively unaware of this activity because of language barriers , or if aware of any aspect of it have turned a blind eye due to a lack of understanding of the background of the method or a disinterest in the findings of Quantum Physics . |
| 21 | None of the others appear to have turned a wheel again . |
| 22 | The Reverend van Gogh 's servant girl remembered later that Vincent , who had turned a ground floor room into a makeshift studio , would sometimes work all night . |
| 23 | He will not kill Saruman even after his mithril -coat has turned a treacherous stab . |
| 24 | ‘ They have turned a £14 billion surplus into a massive deficit . ’ |
| 25 | Amateur porn has turned a private passion into a public infatuation . |
| 26 | I get the feeling he 's turned a blind eye too often . |
| 27 | He had turned a comer . |
| 28 | The walls have turned a gruesome red-brown from the urine which has also eaten away at the wooden structure of one of the portals . |
| 29 | As the crank is turned a clever system of cams ignites each charge in turn propelling a cannon ball from the gun . |
| 30 | All the child 's socks were dirty so she had turned a pair inside out and put them on her . |