Example sentences of "[noun] turn up at [art] [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | A stream of visitors turned up at the camp . |
| 5 | Then on Wednesday , hearses from two funeral companies turned up at the morgue to claim the body . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | Women with stiff-brimmed panama hats turned up at the side and pinned with giant rosettes . |
| 8 | He wore a tight khaki shirt , buttoned at the neck , and threadbare army denims turned up at the bottom . |
| 9 | Investing in a jump suit and hard hat Della turned up at the aerodrome and took to the skies in a plane |
| 10 | Carrie was hard put to it and she had little time to talk with him , but it was not long before Billy turned up at the cafe eager to see his friend and Carrie directed him into the back room . |
| 11 | STUNNED staff turned up at a garage in Chicklade , Wilts , to find thieves had used a chainsaw to cut off and steal a petrol pump . |
| 12 | She had expected Fernando to turn up at the airport with his arms full of red roses and promises . |
| 13 | One day this long-legged white geek turns up at the court and the two get into an argument . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He wore a leather beret to conceal his black hair , tinted wrap-around glasses and a coat turned up at the collar which masked the lower half of his face . |
| 16 | Only six out of the school 's 260 pupils turned up at the school , and four of them were later picked up by their parents and returned home . |
| 17 | FIREMEN and police turned up at a house in Bracknell , Herts , with sirens blaring after Nibbles the hamster became trapped under the bath . |
| 18 | It just so happened that Mandy turned up at the afternoon surgery . |
| 19 | BNP candidate Dr Donald Clarke turned up at the Dolphin Centre to join the town 's three other candidates in a meeting organised by Darlington Environmental Watch . |
| 20 | About 20 travellers turned up at the court as one of their group , Gary Frost , 28 , father of a year-old daughter , was due to appear from custody . |
| 21 | Whether or not this constitutional tug of war is resolved by the proposed referendum on presidential powers in April — indeed whether anyone will get around to formulating questions for it , or persuading the battle scarred citizenry to turn up at the ballot box — are still matters of obsessive speculation . |
| 22 | ‘ One of the — the adults turns up at the shop every day , I think . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Thank God , I thought , as just then Dad turned up at the party . |
| 25 | With a steady breeze blowing , and a blue sky puffed with cotton-wool clouds , a day 's windsurfing would concentrate her mind away from him , blow the shadows away , perhaps , and if by some chance Luke turned up at the club it would be easy enough to avoid him . |
| 26 | But when Bridget turned up at the town 's sorting offices staff told her she was a month too late . |
| 27 | And although hundreds of young hopefuls turn up at the Storm offices in London each year most of Sarah 's ‘ finds ’ are chance encounters . |