Example sentences of "[noun pl] turn [adv] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 A stream of visitors turned up at the camp .
3 Then on Wednesday , hearses from two funeral companies turned up at the morgue to claim the body .
4 Two riders turned in at the approach to the castle , the rest of the cavalcade swept onward through the gate , flung open to give them passage , and vanished in a flurry of spume and fine mud along the foregate .
5 Women with stiff-brimmed panama hats turned up at the side and pinned with giant rosettes .
6 He wore a tight khaki shirt , buttoned at the neck , and threadbare army denims turned up at the bottom .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 ‘ One of the — the adults turns up at the shop every day , I think .
10 He was wearing a duffel coat , done up on the wrong toggles , with copies of evening papers turned back at the job columns sticking out of both pockets .
11 And although hundreds of young hopefuls turn up at the Storm offices in London each year most of Sarah 's ‘ finds ’ are chance encounters .
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