Example sentences of "to turn [prep] [noun sg] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When , by Thursday , Helen had heard nothing from Giles the words that rang in her head began to turn from music to mockery . |
| 2 | All around the fringe of the urban area there are pockets of land in the ownership of private builders just waiting for the signal to turn from red to amber . |
| 3 | Above us the sky is beginning to turn from black to purple , and the walls of the canyon are faintly visible as immense dark shapes looming overhead . |
| 4 | After four years as a VAT control officer at Customs and Excise , Parkin decided to turn from gamekeeper to poacher and joined Arthur Andersen in 1986 . |
| 5 | Here one of them sacrifices for the other : both have trouble falling asleep , and their partner 's noisy breath wakes them ; so they wriggle towards the edge of the bed , leaving a broad space down the middle ; they pretend to be sound asleep , in the hope of making sleep easier for their partner , who will then be able to turn from side to side without disturbing the other . |
| 6 | Her eyes , threatening to turn from amber to gold as the two of them sat there over a casual dinner on her balcony , briefly dared him to develop the theme , just before she dropped them . |