Example sentences of "[adv] turn into a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However tenuous it may have become , once a marriage is under threat it can suddenly turn into a territory which has to be defended at all costs , like the Falklands . |
| 2 | I thought of all the multitudes who had lain upon its hard , steel bed staring upwards , their fears and hopes filling the room , waiting only for its pronouncements when can easily turn into a foe . |
| 3 | Such an open display of adultery was suddenly the fashionable sport among cavalrymen , but it could too easily turn into a blood sport and the Duchess feared for Lord John 's life . |
| 4 | It is one of those rare books the love of which can easily turn into an addiction . |
| 5 | To anyone used to watching cycles of economic growth , investment and speculation , the conclusion should be obvious : such collective euphoria is the clearest possible sign that China 's extraordinary economic boom will shortly turn into a bust . |
| 6 | This can quickly turn into a game of bluff . |
| 7 | Turf him out of it , and the debate between ‘ traditionalists ’ and ‘ modernisers ’ could well turn into a conflagration . |
| 8 | What we do know is that two or three groups are involved and the sale could well turn into an auction … there 's local and national interest and at least one very well known figure is in the market to buy … speculation has named Virgin boss Richard Branson again … but his office said this afternoon he was n't in the running … |
| 9 | At the election it will undoubtedly turn into a nightmare for them . |