Example sentences of "turned up [prep] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Apparently , Fagg turned up as the protégé of one Captain Fanning of the Pioneer Corps , an Irish member of ffeatherstonehaugh 's whom Gooseneck remembers as an occasional visitor and noted practical joker .
2 THE audience that turned up for the recital of British violin sonatas was scarcely more than a sprinkling , which made one despair of our unadventurous public .
3 He turned up for the audition with his art teacher , Rose , who he was dating at the time .
4 He had a pale face , deep blue eyes , hair darker and straighter than hers , and a mouth which curved and turned up at the corners in an almost feminine way .
5 My brother , now himself in the RAF , turned up at the door of the Met Office one morning , announcing that he had been posted to Bourn .
6 It was the next day that Lewis turned up at the door of the workshop his tools in a bag and his leather apron over his arm .
7 In 1713 , at the election for the City of London ( where the franchise was vested in the liverymen ) , " a great Mob of Weavers and such people " ( who were presumably not enfranchised ) turned up at the Guildhall in support of the Whigs , and " made a disturbance and caus 'd much fighting and quarrelling " , although the four Tory candidates eventually carried the day , " notwithstanding the Rabble " .
8 Only 2,222 turned up at the Vic for the 3–1 win against Exeter on Tuesday well below the average attendance for the season , 3,500 .
9 The opening day of the trial was to be devoted to legal arguments and Mr Beltrami , Moira , Meehan and myself turned up at the Courts of Justice to hear them .
10 The dog , after lapping a little water , went and sat down heavily beside him , eyes turned up at the portrait of itself thoughtfully , perhaps making a critical assessment of it .
11 A lip turned up at the towel in her hair , as if he was remembering that first time they 'd seen each other , but the quirk of that lip was cruel .
12 It would be easy enough ( in theory ) to get money for Everest or K2 , but if Mick and Vic turned up at the doors of a giant multi-national with the word ‘ Ultar ’ on their portfolio , they might well be shown the corporate door .
13 He turned up at the game with his head shaven , Gazza style , to raise money for a children 's cancer charity as part of Friday 's Comic Relief day .
14 The man posed as a gas board official when he turned up at the restaurant in Tarrant Street , Arundel , Sussex .
15 They even turned up on the catwalks of Milan . ’
16 Kylie and her new Svengali Blamey got an instant glimpse of that arrogance when they turned up on the doorstep of the Hit Factory .
17 A group from Switzerland turned up on the doorstep of Low Birk Hatt on her birthday ( they knew — they had gifts ) , a whole cheese arrived overland from New Zealand , and the rooms at the farm began to fill up .
18 Sharon Hills parents John and Shiela turned up to the inquest into their daughters death — which happened last month when she was visiting egypt .
19 He was tall and badly shaven , his raincoat collar turned up against the cold of the December night .
20 They had left the path and turned up by the side of the long Nissen hut when Len paused and , half turning to Joe , he said , ‘ You know , you still did n't answer my question earlier on information concerning one Joseph Jebeau .
21 However , the Canadian who stole the stuff turned up in the middle of the night with a revolver , took all the money my father had , and made him unload the entire cargo .
22 If he turned up in the middle of Stephie 's visit , then tough !
23 It had not escaped the Brownies ' sharp eyes that Mr. Gordon turned up near the close of each Pack Meeting and made himself very charming to Brown Owl .
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