Example sentences of "[vb past] a blind [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Sir John — who lives in Denham , Bucks — recently returned from Poland where , ironically , he played a blind man for a new film . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | Nelson , who took Murdoch 's place in goal , first of all did as his namesake and turned a blind eye to a cross from McGinlay . |
4 | And turned a blind eye to the sinking S** . |
5 | Rex turned a blind eye to the fact that he was obviously Officer Cecil , poorly disguised in false moustache , tailcoat and spats . |
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 . |