Example sentences of "[noun] turn up [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly , however , where the overall number of speakers is small as it is in many sociolinguistic surveys , the number of higher-status speakers turning up in a random selection procedure which samples from the entire urban area will be correspondingly small . |
| 2 | She looked down at her new French muslin pyjamas , the corners of her thin lips turning up in a rueful smile , wondering if the whisky stains would come out — and deciding that they probably would n't . |
| 3 | About 30 journalists turned up at the Thai border village of Pong Nam Ron , about 200 miles east of Bangkok , yesterday morning , but were told by the local Thai military commander that he knew of no Vietnamese prisoners . |
| 4 | More than 40,000 fans turned up for the 12-hour event , Britain 's biggest-ever legal Rave gig . |
| 5 | His lips turned up in a terrible parody of a smile . |
| 6 | His lips turned up in a self-satisfied smile . |
| 7 | Having said that , does n't every club turn up for the wrong match on the right day at least once or twice a season ? |
| 8 | The UN felt swamped by the quality and quantity of NATO staff work — NATO planners turned up with no fewer than five bound volumes — in the initial stages of the joint operation that was set up to keep the peace in Bosnia should the Bosnian Serbs join the Croats and Muslims in accepting the Vance-Owen peace plan . |
| 9 | The poem is thus curiously " displaced " , a late Victorian work turning up in the crisp 1930s , the Auden decade . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Ant : You do n't like school discos " cos your mum turned up at the last one at nine o'clock to take you home , and Fungus announced it over the mike . |
| 12 | Morris turned up for the new campaign with a sensational 133 , the first 100 off 60 balls and the second 50 off only 16 , against Minor Counties champions Staffordshire in a pre-season testimonial match for Barnett . |
| 13 | Of similar vintage I can recall Billy Lane turning up for an open match on the Swadlincote waters , looking as if he had just stepped out of a time warp . |
| 14 | His prep crew had coptered in a few days ago , but it was psychologically important for the movement that the first arrivals turn up in the old way , like the Mormon pioneers who had first built by the Salt Lake and made the desert bloom . |
| 15 | And Gordon 's use of the melodramatic ( a vital dose of vanishingly scarce penicillin to treat a key character turns up at a crucial time ) is disappointing alongside the excellence of his writing elsewhere . |
| 16 | Then , late in the evening , my new friend turned up with a little white pill for each of us . |
| 17 | Only about 60 people turned up to a recent candle-lit vigil outside Orsett hospital supposedly a protest against trust status being given . |
| 18 | ONLY four people turned up at a public meeting in Machynlleth to finalise arrangements for the town 's summer play scheme for local schoolchildren . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | We used his PA system which was a bit ramshackle , but it worked — that was the main thing — and about 25 people turned up in the little mock Tudor , oak panelled dining room that was part of The Three Tuns pub in Beckenham . |
| 21 | Later the same day Douglas , Duke of Hamilton — frustrated past belief turned up at the Foreign Office in London and informed them that he was seeking an urgent audience with the King . |
| 22 | The committee of six ( nearly all their names turn up in the 1910 sample ) organized a programme which included songs such as " The Old Countree " , and " Flight of Ages " , sung by Misses Forrest and Waugh ; the opportunity to dance quadrilles and waltzes ; and a pianoforte selection by Miss Thomson , who was , like most of the other performers , a compositor . |
| 23 | That afternoon two more carcasses turned up at the northern end of Butterwick Low , and another two were reported from the Norfolk coast , close to Cromer . |
| 24 | If he was up for a part in a Night Nurse commercial he 'd be sure to get it unless Mickey Rourke turned up for the same audition . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | There was a distinct nip in the air as , on the last day of November , the huddle of international yachting journalists , collars turned up against the northerly wind , made their way through the doors of the 30th Salon Nautique . |
| 27 | ‘ When my kid brother turns up with a blonde blue-eyed actress on his arm , and apparently engaged , I 'm naturally inclined to think the worst , ’ he told her , scarcely moving his lips . |
| 28 | Victorine was confused by the tale Baptiste had told her just now when he and his mother turned up at the back door with Léonie 's sandal and an armful of bread . |