Example sentences of "have taken a [adj] turn " in BNC.
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| 1 | The war has taken a serious turn against us . |
| 2 | Perhaps as a result of his unpopularity , speculation about him has taken a new turn . |
| 3 | The national energy crisis in the Philippines has taken a new turn with President Fidel Ramos being granted emergency powers to charge higher rates for electricity , after the World Bank suspended a $250 million loan to the state-owned National Power Corporation . |
| 4 | But now it looked as if her job might have taken a different turn . |
| 5 | And everything would have taken a different turn . |
| 6 | Two went so far as to offer to reduce the metered fare after having taken a wrong turn in error . |
| 7 | Commentators on Bonar Law 's election to the leadership all agreed that the party had taken a decisive turn . |
| 8 | The watchers were now bellowing encouragement to each of the players in a game which had taken a new turn . |
| 9 | In a report to the 15th conference of the Kosovo LC on Nov. 9 , 1989 , Rahman Morina , its president , said that the struggle in Kosovo had taken a new turn and accused people of trying to encourage processes aimed at destroying Yugoslavia and at changing its federal system . |
| 10 | Though he did not reject the methodology and interests of the ‘ new philosophy ’ , nor attempt to go back beyond it to some earlier view , he thought that , in allowing too much to materialism , philosophy had taken a wrong turn . |
| 11 | Ellis believed that the women 's movement had taken a wrong turn in demanding equality with men in the public sphere and should rather have worked for the elevation of motherhood . |
| 12 | The confrontation between Israeli forces and Hamas had taken a fresh turn earlier on Dec. 13 , when Qassam abducted Sgt.-Maj . |
| 13 | The conversation had taken an unexpected turn , thought Loretta , gathering her thoughts . |