Example sentences of "would turn up [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Let It Rock did unbelievably good business Friday night or Saturday morning a lorry would turn up with a delivery of creepers — the very things that enticed me into the shop in the first place .
2 Although he still hoped that one day his dad would turn up on the doorstep , Steven was aware of the reality of the separation .
3 Mind you , not many Mormons would turn up at a Barbican flat at 7.30 clutching two bottles of wine .
4 Within 15 minutes or so , Alan Fordham would turn up at the commentary box , ready to resume discussion on the latest of the batch of modern drama texts through which he was picking his way .
5 When it was wet she would turn up at the cafés with galoshes .
6 He would turn up at the Gloucester and Cheltenham festivals , eager to discuss writing projects and agonising over a contracting market .
7 I heard him talking on the radio , in which he said he 'd tried several methods of winning on the football pools and in the end decided that the easiest thing to do was to put in the same numbers each week and so he was not exercising any skill in deciding whether one pair of teams were likely to enter into a score draw than another pair , but he just trusted that , say , number thirty seven would turn up as a score draw this week .
8 He stood back in the street , the rain stinging his eyes , wetting him to the skin , getting in his mouth and eyes ; warm rain , huge hard drops , slicking and sticking the clothes to his body ; erotic , making his heart beat faster in a sudden , squally sexual fantasy ; she would invite him in … no , better yet , she would turn up in the street , having been out , also wet to the skin , she would look at him … they would go in …
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