Sentence examples for turn state from inspiring English sources

He was the second South African, after taxi driver Zola Tongo, to turn state witness in the case.

Mr Modi, and the BJP, will have to learn some new skills if they are to turn state election successes into national ones.

He was the second South African, following the 32-year-old taxi driver Zola Tongo, to turn state witness in the case.

Hentschel's decision to turn state witness, she wrote, has since been recognised as having "laid the foundation for the prosecution of numerous murderers, and others followed his example".

In a clear sign of shifting dynamics, one of them, Antonio Iovine, nicknamed O' Ninno – The Baby – recently decided to turn state witness and spill the secrets of the organisation to prosecutors.

The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who is battling for his political career in the face of various corruption allegations, has suffered a potentially devastating blow after a former confidant reportedly agreed to turn state witness.

Your suggestion in "An Unrealistic 'Real ID"' (editorial, May 4) that the Real ID Act would "turn" state-issued driver's licenses into a "phony national identification card" borders on the absurd.

But there have also been layoffs — Kentucky's state work force has shrunk by 1,600 over the last two years — and symbolic moves, like Delaware's decision last year to turn state-office thermostats down in the winter and up in the summer.

He had turned state's witness.

She later turned state's evidence.

The younger Mr. Brusca later turned state's evidence and went into a witness-protection program.