Example sentences of "had turn [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt as if her heart had turned into a fist and was trying to punch its way out of her chest . |
| 2 | The report singled out three recent incidents : a demonstration in Kishinev ( the capital ) on Jan. 8 , when a funeral procession for a Moldavian youth who had died in suspicious circumstances had turned into a rally by up to 10,000 people protesting against Soviet and communist rule , and fights had ensued between rival gangs of Moldavian and Russian youths ; a picket of the district Moldavian CP committee building in the town of Chadyr Lunga by members of the Gagauz minority demanding creation of their own autonomous republic ; and a referendum on Jan. 28 called by the city soviet in Tiraspol , Moldavia 's second largest city , in which the predominantly Russian population had voted overwhelmingly ( over 96 per cent of a 92 per cent poll ) to declare greater autonomy for the Tiraspol district and to support the possible declaration of Tiraspol and neighbouring Russian-populated towns as an autonomous republic ( Tiraspol had been one of the main centres of strikes by Moldavia 's Russian and Ukrainian population in August-September 1989 against greater Moldavian language rights — see pp. 36855 ; 36898 ) . |
| 3 | Within minutes a gusting blizzard was raging , and the climax of our first season in Chamonix had turned into a nightmare . |
| 4 | She bit her lip , remembering that awful time when the news had come that he had lost his life in the fire that had demolished his holiday hotel — and how the tragedy , for her , had turned into a nightmare . |
| 5 | Ruth had already decided to bring her own children to be photographed today , and then approached all her friends with young families , suggesting they might like to do the same — so it had turned into a children 's party . |
| 6 | After his Bolton wandering had turned into a rout , some of his staff were visibly shaken . |
| 7 | Somehow — God knows why or how — it had turned into a victory for Mrs Goreng . |
| 8 | " It was you and me , but you … you had turned into a skeleton . " |
| 9 | The sneer had turned into a lump in his throat . |
| 10 | Could I ever again trust the being I had turned into a sort of god ? |
| 11 | Gradually he began to believe that he himself had turned into a parrot . |
| 12 | It was as if he had turned into a block of ice . |
| 13 | By February of this year the cracks had turned into a rift which could not be healed . |
| 14 | Someone , perhaps , had turned into a house . |
| 15 | Her heart went out to Antoinette Gebrec , as yet happily ignorant of the fate of her son , and to Philippe Bonard , whose long-cherished dream had turned to a nightmare , while the man they both loved was lying in a broken , bloody heap at the foot of the cliff . |
| 16 | It was as though someone had turned on a current of electricity , and with every second that passed the image became brighter and stronger . |
| 17 | He had turned from a beer-bellied , ranting bear into a well-groomed , grumbling sheepdog . |
| 18 | It took place immediately after Air France had turned in a loss of 685 million francs . |
| 19 | The guide took his place at centre stern and , after the raft had turned in a circle to adjust itself to the current , the paddling rhythm set in to send it down-river towards the white foam that could be seen rising between the distant boulders . |
| 20 | Was ashore in a cleft among the rocks there and the the lifeboat had to turn in a position that was just about twice her own length . |