Example sentences of "[noun] turn up [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a Labour conference you get Gerry Adams turning up at a fringe meeting , and he the leader of Sinn Fein , which is cousin to the IRA , which in 1984 , in this same town , blew up the Grand Hotel in an attempt to murder the Prime Minister and Cabinet . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Pauline 's wide , full mouth turned up at the corners . |
| 4 | His look deepened and the corners of his well-defined mouth turned up in a half-smile of mystery . |
| 5 | Then four brothers turned up in a bus and killed three brothers who lived in that house next door . |
| 6 | I was quite surprised , er during the summer I went to my grandson 's school fete and they had a hot air balloon demonstration there and this er , this car turned up with a trailer on the back with , I du n no , probably some name , hot air balloon name on the trailer , I thought oh yes he 's gon na show us how to inflate it and i I was quite amazed from the time he unpacked the balloon to the time it actually took off was only ten minutes . |
| 7 | Wimbledon boss Joe Kinnear after just 1,987 fans turned up for the Coca-Cola match against Bolton |
| 8 | At times the supporting leg would bend when on balance , whilst the working one was also bent with the foot turned up at the ankle during certain poses , or when performing a rond de jambe en dehors or en dedans during the pas de deux . |
| 9 | Researchers also wanted to discover how much viewers ' attitudes are affected by the context in which a sexy scene turns up on the home screen — and the timing . |
| 10 | And even if Uncle Alan turns up within a month or two , he can hardly complain . |
| 11 | No sooner had a special train , carrying 633 people who had taken refuge at the West German embassy in Warsaw , arrived in Hanover yesterday than at least 200 more refugees turned up on the embassy doorstep . |
| 12 | There was also Alec , a prison officer from Wormwood Scrubs ( when he 'd given his address and next of kin on a previous camp everyone had thought he was kidding ) ; Ken , who to everyone 's delight turned up with a guitar ( were we really going to sit round a campfire singing ? ) ; and David , an aircraft engineer who after fifteen years in the Scouts could ‘ do wonderful things with ropes ’ . |
| 13 | A stream of visitors turned up at the camp . |
| 14 | As Frankenstein 's gaze had recently done , my gaze turned up to the ceiling , beyond which lay the laboratory — with all its gruesome secrets now accessible to me ! |
| 15 | Then on Wednesday , hearses from two funeral companies turned up at the morgue to claim the body . |
| 16 | One night , after heavy drinking in Soho Minton turned up at the house where they were living , broke a window , and climbed in , saying , ‘ I just want to be part of you . ’ |
| 17 | It is difficult to avoid the further thought that the given characterization of consciousness is elliptical , and that when it is filled in , as it must be , we are no further ahead , but have our definiendum turning up in the definiens . |
| 18 | We found one part of the delivery bed in the labour ward but the other part turned up in the children 's ward . |
| 19 | Women with stiff-brimmed panama hats turned up at the side and pinned with giant rosettes . |
| 20 | As you probably know , Eddi turned up in the TV series Your Cheatin' Heart , not so long back , doing her joint vocal and thespian thing . |
| 21 | Sharon Hills parents John and Shiela turned up to the inquest into their daughters death — which happened last month when she was visiting egypt . |
| 22 | In 1959 Dean Martin turned up in a Sinatra film , Some Come Running , having been wandering in the Hollywood wilderness since breaking up with his former screen buddy Jerry Lewis . |
| 23 | And although ‘ workerism ’ was on the wane by the time Hayling turned up on the Langley personnel officer 's doorstep , he earned many brownie points among the comrades by becoming a ‘ genuine ’ member of the proletariat . |
| 24 | Ms Daniels turned up at the Vines Hotel , Lime Street in regal robes leading the Peter Walker shire horses Majestic and Surprise . |
| 25 | The teacher turned up at the police station at eight the next morning to tell me she was taking responsibility for my daughter . |
| 26 | If it is n't the oh , so charming Sally-Anne — missing from our midst to turn up in the East End — and in fancy dress , too ! ’ |
| 27 | When a television crew turns up for a tour of his house and DIY achievements , everything falls apart as he touches it . |
| 28 | Several delegates turned up to the banquet wearing dinner jackets with camouflage bow ties and cummerbunds . |
| 29 | It was while we were deciding what to do that your policeman turned up with the news . ’ |
| 30 | He wore a tight khaki shirt , buttoned at the neck , and threadbare army denims turned up at the bottom . |