"turn" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Contrary as ever, he turned gamekeeper and worked for the California Fish Patrol before taking to sea in a sealing schooner.
- It's true that the Arab League (poacher turned gamekeeper) is worse than useless.
- So, for the long period before the poacher turned gamekeeper, Morgan used Shark Bay as his sallyport.
- Poacher turned gamekeeper they say.
- Poacher turned gamekeeper, perhaps?
- Talk about a poacher turned gamekeeper.
- SO, one of the poachers has turned gamekeeper.
- I wish him well and I welcome your nomination, but the term 'poacher turned gamekeeper' comes to mind in relation to European matters.
- I have no doubts as to her skills, not least because her appointment would be a case of 'poacher turned gamekeeper'.
- Russell said Ngatia was a classic case of poacher turned gamekeeper; before he saw the light he had speared 13 lions and nine rhinos.
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