Example sentences of "[noun] turned a [adj] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rex turned a blind eye to the fact that he was obviously Officer Cecil , poorly disguised in false moustache , tailcoat and spats . |
| 2 | Ann turned a laughing face to me . |
| 3 | Hrun turned a puzzled face to him . |
| 4 | The owners turned a deaf ear to such an expensive demand . |
| 5 | When the carts had moved on Joseph turned a horrified face to his brother . |
| 6 | Members of the Academy turned a blind eye to the black marketeers , because the Seven Planets needed food and supplies and the corporations would n't trade with independent worlds . |
| 7 | Our knowledge of all these sides of religious life at Canterbury at the time of the Conquest has had to be reconstructed by laborious scholarship , largely because Lanfranc turned a blind eye to every aspect of a native religious tradition . |
| 8 | Using the Temple as a short cut was also forbidden by Jewish Law and yet the priests turned a blind eye to it because it brought more trade into the Temple . |
| 9 | Luke turned a venomous face to him . |