Example sentences of "[adv] turn to [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ Here we are and we 've had our experiment ; there 's been one party , one dominant idea , one fully followed plan , one strong leader — and her grey shadow — and it 's all turned to shit and ashes . |
| 3 | The Caesars eventually turned to Christianity and became Popes . |
| 4 | All thoughts of where they were and what was happening fled abruptly as she stared at him with a shock that soon turned to joy as she saw the expression on his face . |
| 5 | By the time we eventually turned to starboard and headed off towards the UK I was most anxious to get home : I was to be the best man at a wedding that day , and I had to get back before high noon , When the dawn really appeared we were lying very sedately over ( and we were not aware of it at the time ) Belgium . |
| 6 | However , excitement can quickly turn to anxiety when the time it takes to conceive takes longer than originally expected . |
| 7 | When art fails , you can always turn to healing and personal development |
| 8 | Unsurprisingly , dinner-table talk often turns to incorporation and limited liability . |
| 9 | She took her art seriously and in the agony of creative inspiration often turned to poetry and music for assurance . |
| 10 | The research phase of the Programme was completed during 1985 , and attention then turned to dissemination and debate of the findings . |
| 11 | A court heard how the plan almost turned to disaster when , half way across the North Sea , the dinghy began filling with water . |
| 12 | 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 . |