Example sentences of "[was/were] turned [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His gallops have always impressed me but after a couple of disappointing runs on the flat his attentions were turned to the all-weather surfaces . |
| 2 | However , this process requires great care to get it right and not all printers are infallible — indeed , one printer I used was infallibly fallible and had to make three sets of cards when the first set were turned along the short axis and the second set were guillotined along the fold . |
| 3 | Laser beams swept like searchlights , leaving smoking trails across the rock , as blasters were turned towards the approaching Dalek Killer . |
| 4 | The calendar beside the clock was turned to the 21st January , 1919 — but was that yesterday 's date or today 's ; had she changed it before she went to bed last night ? |
| 5 | It was turned into the highest-rated Made-for-TV movie ever produced , catapulting Nina Kenyon , the young unknown cast in the lead , to multiple awards and international stardom . |
| 6 | A demon drum solo was turned into the nagging p'tum-chk p'tum-chk of a dripping tap . |
| 7 | The cow disappeared and never returned , and the evil one was turned into the tallest stone in the circle . |
| 8 | But her back was turned on the dead city then , and she did not see . |
| 9 | Churchill put a bolder and more sympathetic face upon his speech : ‘ During the brilliant performance the P.M. 's face was turned towards the Official Gallery , and covered with one of his hands . |