Example sentences of "turn [pn reflx] into the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , Armani is Italy 's new Great Dictator but his genius is that , having handed down his basic dictate — that both women and men look their best in unstructured tailoring applied to traditional menswear fabrics — he has succeeded in turning himself into the Great Listener . |
| 2 | He bought the old Cherton Manor about a year ago and has set about turning himself into the local squire . ’ |
| 3 | The New Party made some members when they started , but when they turned themselves into the Fascist Party er they they rid of themselves of many of these er New Party peop , was in the New Party you know . |
| 4 | This body was to turn itself into the Labour Party in 1906 . |
| 5 | Prussia 's attempt in 1850 to capitalize on Austrian weakness and turn herself into the pre-eminent power in Germany came to nothing when the Austrians made plain that they had recovered their nerve and were prepared to go to war on the matter . |