Example sentences of "be [adv] turn to [noun] " in BNC.

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1 RIGHT now , thoughts are inevitably turning to home heating , and the Coal Advisory Service says for the majority of homes in the province , that means solid fuel
2 With the French links well established in East Lothian , eyes are now turning to Rosignano , Musselburgh 's other twin town in north Italy .
3 Checking their activities to see that they were confining themselves to local products , and were not turning to smuggling was very difficult until improvements in transport and in the structure of government meant that the vast majority of imports paid duty .
4 The sky was a clear , pale dome , covered in the east by a flock of tiny clouds that were already turned to pink by the sun that was still concealed , that had not yet risen .
5 Thai saw-mill operators were also turning to loggers in Laos , Cambodia , Indonesia and Malaysia to replace their lost supplies .
6 Meanwhile many intelligent deaf people who might have gone into education , but now finding these opportunities non-existent because of the Education Act of 1893 which had implemented the Royal Commission for the Education of the Blind and the Deaf and Dumb 's recommendations , were now turning to missioner positions in deaf societies and institutes for a living .
7 ‘ Here we are and we 've had our experiment ; there 's been one party , one dominant idea , one fully followed plan , one strong leader — and her grey shadow — and it 's all turned to shit and ashes .
8 They go because they need to cover some sort of guilt , I 'm convinced of that now , the more people that I know I mean fib of all people fib is now turned to religion .
9 Furthermore , whatever Kennedy 's disappointment over the lukewarm support from London , he was soon turning to Macmillan for advice and help on other questions .
10 IN THE horrified hush that followed , Prior Robert , guiding hand still uplifted and stricken motionless , was momentarily turned to stone , his face a mask of utter incredulity .
11 The fact that a vote for Margaret was the only way to secure a second ballot was also turned to advantage .
12 The closure of the American office was a temporary set-back ; attention was now turned to Europe .
13 His war wound which had pained him earlier was now turning to agony .
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