Example sentences of "[verb] to turn a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Okay , if we wa if we want to turn a blind eye to it then that 's our business you know but er but when you 're , when you 're actually erm |
| 2 | As we move into the Festive Season , our message to you and your partners is ‘ Thank You ’ you 've helped to turn an ordinary business into one filled with opportunity for us all to reap in the New Year . |
| 3 | The Canadians , more experienced than most in these matters , say that only a modest amount of special training is needed to turn a good soldier into a good peacekeeper . |
| 4 | At the most recent target for the Antipodian Don Quixote , who tilts not at windmills but at woodturners , and not wishing to turn a non-existent battle into a war of attrition , I can only wonder who Mike Darlow will focus his attentions on next ! |
| 5 | We continue to turn a blind eye to the architecture with no name , preferring instead to attack the buildings that future generations will admire . |
| 6 | First , the image ca n't be the ‘ supporting actor ’ , helping to turn a dreary document into something much more attractive , but without hogging the limelight . |
| 7 | Much more needs to be done , but I shall always endeavour to turn a sympathetic ear to changes that will enable us to serve our constituents more effectively . |
| 8 | He would prefer to turn a blind eye to the problem of asylum seekers around the world . |
| 9 | Choosing to turn a blind eye to the unlikely drama that was unfolding a few feet in front of her , she merely expressed her gratitude for the imitation topaz bangle that she 'd just unwrapped , before turning on her heels and heading downstairs to catch the special seasonal episode of Crossroads . |
| 10 | Its impact can be compared to the way in which the Tories in Scotland managed to turn a predicted disaster into an additional two seats at the last UK elections . |
| 11 | ‘ I suppose I 'm meant to turn a deaf ear to that . ’ |
| 12 | In thirty years , if she had not learned to turn a blind eye to Bernard 's excesses , she had learned nothing . |
| 13 | Whereas Nicolae preferred to turn a blind eye to his son 's misdemeanours , which were so unlike his own abstemious and dedicated youth , Elena seemed almost to prefer Nicu 's bad behaviour to Valentin 's modest and retiring example . |
| 14 | The budget aimed to turn an effective deficit of over 10,000 million crowns ( US$1.00=16.9702 crowns as at March 26 , 1990 ) , as envisaged in the original draft budget for 1990 prepared by the previous communist regime , into a real surplus of 5,400 million crowns , primarily by cutting subsidies to economic bodies ( including agricultural co-operatives ) by 10 per cent , by cutting spending on defence and security by 12.5 per cent , and by cancelling subsidies of 1,200 million crowns for the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia ( CPCz ) . |
| 15 | Ellen would doubtless tell me that the senator was trying to turn an electoral liability into an advantage , meaning that if he could parade his cured children in front of the electorate he could then pose as both a noble parent and as an expert on drugs , but I preferred to ignore that imagined cynicism , choosing a different reservation . |
| 16 | WORK to turn an empty block of flats into homes for the elderly has been given the go-ahead . |
| 17 | Florist 's foam will help to turn a shallow bowl into a lovely container . |
| 18 | SCIENTISTS in the US are planning to turn a cubic kilometre of the Antarctic ice sheet into a giant ‘ neutrino telescope ’ . |
| 19 | Its permanent members tended to turn a myopic eye to brutal domestic behaviour on the argument that ‘ he may be a sonofabitch but he 's our sonofabitch . ’ |