Example sentences of "turned up [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | OLD salt Sydney Barnes , 83 , turned up for a naval reunion and found he was the only one there . |
| 2 | On 29 September 1955 , with just a few days of filming to go , Dean turned up at a gay party at Malibu which culminated in a bitchy foray between Dean and a former male lover who accused him of dating women purely for publicity . |
| 3 | ONLY four people turned up at a public meeting in Machynlleth to finalise arrangements for the town 's summer play scheme for local schoolchildren . |
| 4 | All the things which I had feared turned up in a relentless progression . |
| 5 | His lips turned up in a terrible parody of a smile . |
| 6 | His lips turned up in a self-satisfied smile . |
| 7 | They were fascinated by the arrivals : Peter Fonda turned up in a huge sheepskin coat and carrying an ivory-handled .44–40 , which had once belonged to Tom Mix . |
| 8 | or they came by something where somebody turned up in a little van that was n't a Post Office van and I had to sign . |
| 9 | You 're the strange one who turned up in a top hat . |
| 10 | He was n't allowed to work that day , so people turned up in a white shirt and tie and looking smart , they had to wear uniforms even a cap but unfortunately nowadays , although a lot of the I have seen quite a few people their uniform has changed since I left , but erm they do come to work in very very casual work now . |