Example sentences of "take a wrong turning " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Bechar , we took a wrong turning and drove to the gates of an army barracks . |
| 2 | ‘ Or he was , before he took a wrong turning on one of the roads of life that we walked … . ’ |
| 3 | He had intended to head back to the funicolare station but perhaps he had taken a wrong turning somewhere in his hurry to get away from Maidstone 's apartment . |
| 4 | I think I must have taken a wrong turning somewhere , because we 're certainly not at Threlkeld , where we ought to be by now . |
| 5 | After being pulled over , John sheepishly explained that he had taken a wrong turning for his home in Gosforth , Newcastle upon Tyne . |
| 6 | She had been given directions to a smallholding where they sold early strawberries on a roadside stall but she must have missed her way , taken a wrong turning and come out here . |
| 7 | Could she somehow have taken a wrong turning on the straight , unbranching surface ? |
| 8 | Since the insect and the scorpion are 30 genetic units distant from one another , it takes only 30 generations to evolve from one to the other if you never take a wrong turning ; if , that is , you know exactly what genetic formula you are heading towards , and how to steer towards it . |
| 9 | ’ Oh it 's most interesting , I mean you take a wrong turning and everybody follows you . |
| 10 | It was not uncommon for someone to take a wrong turning and be found wandering three weeks later , cold and hungry . |