Example sentences of "[noun] to turn [pers pn] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Ten painful operations to turn me into a picture
2 It hardly matters whether either of these stories is true , we know that cork was available , although not in France , and that Dom Pérignon did eventually use cork-stoppers for his wines , as corked bottles were dug up at Hautvillers when Moët & Chandon renovated the abbey in the late 1970s during its operations to turn it into a museum .
3 They have permission to turn it into a pub , a small office block or a complete three storey office .
4 Instead , gipsies will be encouraged to BUY land and apply for permission to turn it into a site .
5 Her father , a greengrocer , had stabled the pony behind the shop in the middle of town , fed it on sprouts and boiled potatoes and encouraged Nutty to turn it into a show-jumper .
6 There are plans to turn it into a hotel , leaving visible the original Romanesque and Gothic buildings , including the Týn Court .
7 People living near a former young offenders institution are fighting plans to turn it into a detention centre for the immigration service .
8 But now the Forestry Commission has decided to end the uncertainty by announcing plans to turn it into a wood .
9 Patients fear Hartington Road Family Health Clinic may still be under threat even though councillors rejected an application to turn it into a drug detoxification centre .
10 The commentary should not interrupt or structure the child 's play and the parent needs to resist the temptation to turn it into a teaching session .
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