Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] turn to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All gold and silver rather turn to dirt ! |
| 2 | With legs slowly turning to jelly , I skied down hard , icy snow , followed by spring snow , then slush . |
| 3 | Unsurprisingly , dinner-table talk often turns to incorporation and limited liability . |
| 4 | In her despair and grief Mrs McDermott also turned to alcohol for relief . |
| 5 | For they were melting as she stood there , and she seemed to be liquid inside too , her limbs strangely turning to water . |
| 6 | A court heard how the plan almost turned to disaster when , half way across the North Sea , the dinghy began filling with water . |
| 7 | The last step but one creaked protestingly and she grimaced apprehensively , her body almost turning to stone as she waited for Dane to suddenly appear and demand to know what she was doing . |
| 8 | The research phase of the Programme was completed during 1985 , and attention then turned to dissemination and debate of the findings . |
| 9 | Italy has received comparatively little attention , although many of its foremost artists also turned to book illustration at least once in their working lives . |
| 10 | She took her art seriously and in the agony of creative inspiration often turned to poetry and music for assurance . |
| 11 | As she heard her front door click , Rachel 's anger suddenly turned to dismay and as she turned to the window she found she could only see the outline of the cathedral through a mist of tears . |
| 12 | At first written in German and Hebrew , these publications soon turned to English . |
| 13 | Pre-bookable excursions are available ; for further details please turn to page 8 . |
| 14 | The Caesars eventually turned to Christianity and became Popes . |
| 15 | It 's that time of year again when thoughts inevitably turn to weight , and the problem of how to get rid of those extra Christmas pounds . |
| 16 | But his interest soon turned to politics , and in 1910 he entered the New York State Senate . |
| 17 | It takes forty minutes to walk from Dhang station to the farm along a road which starts as a stony track then turns to mud . |