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‘A turn can be unexpected.’

[⟨det turn.n⟩ unexpected.a]

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The simmering dispute over whether the Mountain View – Los Altos High School District should televise its meetings took an unexpected turn, sources revealed recently, after a Palo Alto attorney demanded that…
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Life seems to have taken an unexpected unexpected turn! (By unexpected unexpected turn I mean I wasn’t expecting any turns for awhile, and the turn taken was WAY unexpected!) Tonight, I…
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In Wikipedia:

The two girls use this opportunity to further explore their relationship, but in an unexpected turn of events, one of the Foster Academy administrators discovers what the two girls have been doing.
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Luckily things turned out to be much better than I expected, but that unexpected turn of events cut into my study time and homework time.
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As the story continues, Corey tries to figure out how to respond to the unexpected turn in his life.
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But when in an unexpected turn of events, I ended up having lunch out.
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In better news, my love life has taken a welcome and completely unexpected turn in a positive direction.
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The final part, The pieces of God describe an unexpected turn of events that follow the palm sunday..
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The Tal Memorial saw a fantastic 8th round and in the final phase of the tournament we’re seeing an unexpected turn of events.
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But the episode’s turn was more unexpected and exciting as I could ever imagine.
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“Piggies” features a Baroque – style harpsichord and string quartet which take an unexpected turn at one point playing a blues riff.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Not long before dawn, as morning prayers approached, their insistent questioning took an unexpected turn: how could they obtain visas to study in the United States? this website s / 2008 / 0805. ballen. html
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They make an unexpected turn in their eleventh album, “La historia del blues” (The history of blues), and they play blues, with lyrics based in someone else’s work (Jack Griffin).
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Taylor as Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky on the Republican Party ticket in 1899 was an unexpected turn of events.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Don’t think I’m as pleased with it as I would like, it took an unexpected turn and upon following it down the murky path it lead me I got a bit lost, the light faded and I spent over night in a tree, scared of bears and hoping there were no centipedes because I hate them buggers.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

GREEN BAY, Wis. – Brett Favre officially rejoined the Green Bay Packers, although the circus-like atmosphere took yet another unexpected turn last night when head coach Mike McCarthy canceled a news conference at which he was supposed to discuss his plans for the quarterback.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Life takes an unexpected turn when he receives the news he has cancer and is forced to prepare for the inevitable.
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And in an unexpected turn of events, he also bears the judgment for breaking the law.
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In an unexpected turn of events (at least to me), the. me domains auctions is just a matter of a few days or even hours of being concluded.
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Queried on 2013-06-20.