Example sentences of "[noun sg] turned [pers pn] into [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Very light , very hurried steps , but the bare , glossy wood turned them into a muffled drum-roll . |
| 2 | But whisky turned him into a savage bully . |
| 3 | Our questions ranged far and wide and his courtesy and patience turned them into an intriguing trail of discovery which was endlessly fascinating and richly rewarding , for he is also a natural raconteur . |
| 4 | Instead the overwrought director turned it into a bitter battle which ends with the lover , played by Sydney Pollack , savagely forcing Lysette 's character into his car . |
| 5 | On to the Poet Laureate , Lord Tennyson and Volume I only of his Works , a book which ordinarily , as an odd volume , might well have been sold for £1 or less had not the inscription on the title turned it into a desirable association item . |
| 6 | An eerie , green glow in the sky behind the tower turned it into a ghostly galleon on a leaden sea ; Claro itself , a crazy house , leaning this way and bulging that . |