Example sentences of "turned up at the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 " . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The man posed as a gas board official when he turned up at the restaurant in Tarrant Street , Arundel , Sussex . |