Example sentences of "had turn a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Ibn Fayoud half closed his eyes as if someone had turned a knife in his guts . |
2 | As Farrell ( 1980:287 ) explains , ‘ Internment had turned a campaign of pinpricks into an all-out war . ’ |
3 | He felt as if his entire arm and hand were ablaze ; as if someone had turned a blowtorch on them . |
4 | Joseph Robinson had blessed his luck to marry a woman who had a certain expectation of such a fine spot and his vigorous commerce had turned a pothouse into a stopover for some of the best in the county , in the land even . |
5 | During the drive , Ellwood had turned a number of ideas and opportunities over in his mind . |
6 | Climbing the stair behind her , looking up at her clacking legs , his body already responding , he had turned a pillar of pearl into a hard shaft of flesh . |
7 | She had turned an act of his own free will into an act of meek obedience to her . |
8 | In the 74th minute Furlong forced Cherry to make the first serious save of the match , and soon afterwards the goalkeeper had to turn a shot from Flynn round a post . |