Example sentences of "turn a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The walls have turned a gruesome red-brown from the urine which has also eaten away at the wooden structure of one of the portals . |
| 2 | Not by so much as a blink did Rose betray his own surprise at seeing Naseby , whose face had turned a delicate shade of puce . |
| 3 | Sudden and final loss of ability to walk turned a chronic problem into a crisis : emotionally she could not face this added challenge , and her marital relationship collapsed . |
| 4 | Raimundo 's sallow face had turned a dark red . |
| 5 | Amateur porn has turned a private passion into a public infatuation . |
| 6 | The hot green South was behind me now ; there were no more palm trees , and the land had turned a wintry brown . |
| 7 | Wealth , culture , and international adventure had turned a tiny collection of huts into a huge sandstone metropolis . |
| 8 | With a few minor improvements , Weston Williamson has turned a standard fire escape into an exciting addition to the building . |
| 9 | At the end of the day our friends and I had mastered ‘ bend ze knees ’ and ‘ turn in ze feet ’ and had turned a healthy shade of scarlet around the nasal slopes . |
| 10 | As the crank is turned a clever system of cams ignites each charge in turn propelling a cannon ball from the gun . |
| 11 | The glaring desert had turned a brilliant green . |
| 12 | In five years he had turned a struggling side into formidable Championship contenders capable of springing surprises on League giants in the Cup . |
| 13 | He will not kill Saruman even after his mithril -coat has turned a treacherous stab . |
| 14 | He 'd already turned a blind eye when a couple of his lorries got hi-jacked . |
| 15 | Armed guards told thousands of people with jobs in the western sector they should not report for work ‘ for the time being ’ , while a few were said to have turned a blind eye as scores of their fellow citizens ran for freedom . |
| 16 | Japanese authorities have turned a blind eye to the rapid expansion of their drift-net fleet . |
| 17 | ‘ Council 's turned a blind eye to it previously but I 'm in charge now and I 'm booking you under the Fireworks and Public Entertainments byelaw . ’ |
| 18 | English-speaking countries , however , have been relatively unaware of this activity because of language barriers , or if aware of any aspect of it have turned a blind eye due to a lack of understanding of the background of the method or a disinterest in the findings of Quantum Physics . |
| 19 | I get the feeling he 's turned a blind eye too often . |
| 20 | The Waco sheriff habitually turned a blind eye to Koresh 's activities . |
| 21 | The points were made that parking there can not be dangerous as it is permitted during part of the year , and that the authorities seem to have turned a blind eye to cars parked outside the church during services . |
| 22 | For years , the authorities have turned a blind eye to the slaughter , maintaining that it was a quaint custom which would eventually die out . |
| 23 | The plaintiff must show that the defendant has turned a blind eye to truth in order to advance an ulterior object . |
| 24 | Some other forces throughout the region , if they even thought about it , appear to have turned a blind eye . |
| 25 | The same people who had turned a blind eye as they passed Clary in their snooty fashion , would regard this esteemed gentleman with admiration , perceiving Clarence , as a high-class citizen of Chichester . |
| 26 | The national populous actually turned a blind eye to atrocities that were happening with human beings . |
| 27 | I could have turned a blind eye , but to grab it and to throw it to the hounds I think was absolutely abysmal . |
| 28 | She went , with a glare at Luke Denner that would have turned a lesser man to stone . |
| 29 | Fakrid 's eyes had turned a livid yellow . |
| 30 | By this time , I understood that Silver had just turned an honest seaman into a pirate . |