Example sentences of "[verb] to turn a [noun sg] [prep] a " in BNC.
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1 | For instance if you want to turn an object on a lathe erm and you go from one end of a shaft to the other , no matter , supposing you do it ten times , erm the machine will take that cut in exactly the same time . |
2 | The computer has dealt what will prove to be a mortal blow to the ‘ priesthood ’ of printing — those who have spent many years gaining the skills needed to turn a typescript into a printed page . |
3 | It does not try to turn a Scot into an Englishman , or suppose a recruit 's upbringing has no bearing on his suitability for officer training , or pretend that men and woman have identical abilities . |
4 | Eschewing both rutted ‘ autoroute ’ and Paris-Dakar ’ engineering , ten couples somehow cajoled their 2CVs across the Sahara and eight survived to turn a brain-storm into an annual rally . |
5 | Eschewing both rutted ‘ autoroute ’ and ‘ Paris-Dakar ’ engineering , ten couples somehow cajoled their 2CVs across the Sahara and eight survived to turn a brain-storm into an annual rally . |
6 | There is , too , the appalling possibility that the corrupting tendency of power would operate to turn a meritocracy into a Nomenklatura . |
7 | It seemed to me he was trying to turn an apple into an orange or an aeroplane into a horse . ’ |
8 | He 's managed to turn a triumph into a public relations disaster . |