Example sentences of "[adv] turn a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 So turn an invitation into a wonderful treat and enjoy it !
2 Never to tell a press man the truth again ( they can only turn a lie into an unplayable one )
3 Even before it proscribed the corresponding societies by law in 1799 , thus turning a decade of more open popular radicalism into a following one of underground conspiracy and plans for insurrection , the state had begun to take things very seriously indeed .
4 ( Children who are beginners in the art can sometimes be seen ‘ overdoing it ’ when they go completely rigid , stop breathing , and rapidly turn a variety of interesting colours . )
5 It also turns a dream into a solid business proposition , worth the considerable investment .
6 Having constructed our mathematical scale of improbabilities , with its benchmark or landmark points marked on it , let us now turn a spotlight on that subrange of the scale with which we , in our ordinary thought and conversation , can cope .
7 The equipment can perform a wide range of control functions , from simply turning a pump on and off to supervising a complete oil refinery .
8 Ape recruitment syndrome ( ARS ) is a primary cause of retarded company growth and can eventually turn an organization into a jungle ( if not a zoo ) .
9 When they were installed to start working on 24 October 1931 , the Company 's nine bogie cars and one or two Milnes four wheelers were then taken into store at the L.U.T 's Fulwell Depôt , never to turn a wheel in service again .
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