Example sentences of "[noun] turned the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ensuing exchange over the months turned the whole cast of Balzac 's Comédie Humaine into Katherine 's familiars and gave her an awareness of greed and ambition , love and betrayal far beyond her years . |
| 2 | A jealous rival turned the lovely Etain into a fly and she was carried away by the winds . |
| 3 | Kirov turned the brief list over in his mind , and a degree of optimism returned . |
| 4 | Behind me , the candle I had so carefully placed in the dry straw in the garret of Le Coq d'Or kindled into life and the flames turned the evil tavern into a blazing inferno . |
| 5 | After the Western allies turned the western part of Germany into a sovereign state , the Soviets followed suit and the German Democratic Republic was founded on 7 October 1949 . |
| 6 | Such overt aggression turned the Labour Party away from pacifism and towards the acceptance of a degree of force to implement collective security . |
| 7 | The brilliance of its colours turned the remembered garden outside into monochrome . |
| 8 | A film director turned the Jewish judge in ‘ The Bonfire of the Vanities ’ black , to avoid giving offence . |
| 9 | Stephen turned the main light off and returned to his father 's desk . |
| 10 | Julia turned the big collar of her fur coat up round her face and David took her arm . |
| 11 | Torrential rain turned the main street through Peterchurch into a fast flowing river — cutting the village off and catching it 's residents by surprise . |
| 12 | She made a V-sign turned the wrong way — a silent expletive — and made for the stairs . |
| 13 | Dublin had feared that up to £6 billion in EC aid could be lost if pro-life campaigners turned the forthcoming referendum seeking approval for the Maastricht Treaty into a plebiscite on abortion . |
| 14 | But the shrewd and hard-working daughter of the 14th Earl of Glamis turned the dire situation completely on its head . |
| 15 | Magill turned the heavy glass in his hand studying the reflections on his drink . |
| 16 | The tall young woman blinked as the man turned the full power of his attention on her . |
| 17 | Between 18 or so delicious courses , as our hosts turned the revolving centre of the table to urge more of this dish or that , compliments were tossed back and forth . |
| 18 | Sendei turned the final corner and emerged into a small circular space . |
| 19 | Its tyres turned the thin coating of snow into glistening mud . |