Example sentences of "she [be] turn [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was staring at her as if she were turning into a witch in front of my eyes . |
| 2 | She 's turned against us again , with a vengeance . |
| 3 | Now , she is turning into something else . |
| 4 | ‘ I imagine she is turning in her grave ! ’ |
| 5 | The idea of making her into a museum was abandoned and instead she was turned into a Boys ' Club . |
| 6 | Just the touch of his hand and she was turned to putty . |
| 7 | When Maggie tried to tell Phoebe about her gruelling embarrassment Phoebe just laughed and told her she was turning into a bourgeois little creep and should perhaps be taking domestic science and dress-making . |
| 8 | She was turning into a different person with a different face . |
| 9 | It was a secret that made her even more different , because now that people were saying that she was turning into the dark beauty her mother had been , she knew much more about why men and women made babies , that it was n't because it was a duty to God but because they enjoyed it ; and seeing him in church every week , noticing that his voice was going deep and that her own body was changing too and that they were becoming man and woman made her think about him and long for him more and more : she wanted to have him completely , entirely for herself . |
| 10 | She was turning into such a crybaby … ’ |
| 11 | She was turning into a tart before my eyes . |
| 12 | Ten minutes later , dressed in a pair of grey trousers and the same red jacket she 'd been wearing yesterday , she was turning into the hotel car park , slotting her Mini quickly into one of the spaces , then striding resolutely towards the hotel 's main entrance . |
| 13 | She was turning into a real weepie ! |
| 14 | All she knew was that she was turning into McAllister again , Dr Neil 's pert and lively maid , and that this was the haven which she had unconsciously been seeking in the months since Havvie Blaine had assaulted her . |
| 15 | By the time Woolley arrived in her ward she was turning into a slaughterhouse attendant : she no longer saw them as men but as damaged stock ; if they screamed it was not a sign of pain but a signal to fetch a doctor . |
| 16 | He caught her up as she was turning into the courtyard to cross to her own front door . |
| 17 | And it turned out to be simply because she knew she was pregnant ; a mechanical trick she was turning on him . |
| 18 | Then she was turning on her heel and heading for the door , anxious to make a speedy escape . |