Example sentences of "turn for the [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In January 1859 , however , the cause of press reform took a turn for the worse when the tsar appointed a Committee on Press Affairs which smacked of the committee of 1848 . |
| 2 | I mean he 's not taken a turn for the worse or anything ? ’ |
| 3 | Then when it was realized that things had taken a turn for the worse and somebody was going to get killed the vicar stepped in and bought them all ice-creams . |
| 4 | Anglo-French relations has taken a turn for the worse and Queen Victoria 's enthusiasm for the project evaporated . |
| 5 | In fact , he said , since the treaty was negotiated , the outlook for European economies had taken a turn for the worse and national problems now loomed large on the domestic agenda , causing people 's perceptions about the treaty to change . |
| 6 | He could have continued placidly with the life he had chosen , and would have excelled ; but telegrams of a peremptory nature , saying his mother 's illness had taken a turn for the worse and he must come , kept arriving from Colonel Carteret , and Paul had to leave his work , abandon lectures , and make the weary journey to London time and again , only to find Sophia weak but resigned , and reproachful for his having come at all . |
| 7 | But the weather took a turn for the worse and Lawford suggested that maybe they ought to wait until morning . |
| 8 | The weather took a turn for the worse and we found ourselves driving a very grey , bleak day . |
| 9 | On a range of third-world issues their policies have taken a turn for the better and are broadly the same as those of Labour — support for the Palestinians , dialogue with the ANC , endorsement of the ‘ safe haven ’ for the Kurds . |
| 10 | Last season definitely took a turn for the better when Kerslake came , and Kelly has made this season 's success in no small part . |