Example sentences of "turned [adv prt] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Josie found her when she turned in for work at the club that evening . |
| 2 | Penny and her Second , Sylvia , talked about it all the way to the corner where Sylvia turned off for home , and Penny only remembered her lost budgie again when Sylvia said goodbye and added : ‘ I do hope you find Kelpie soon , Penny . ’ |
| 3 | Few men turned up for work — no Sandy McGlashan , and no Donald McCulloch of course . |
| 4 | In October and November the raids were taking place nearly every night , but in spite of the disturbed nights almost everyone turned up for work next day . |
| 5 | Not quite knowing what to expect other than that she wanted a new job , Jean turned up for work promptly on a cold , wet , Monday morning but found no one to let her in . |
| 6 | First , Matthew 's secretary , the girl who works in the office next door , turned up for work as usual this morning ; she lives a few miles out and she knew nothing of what had happened . ’ |
| 7 | As BR and union leaders tried to resolve the problem of finding new jobs for the teams , the men turned up for work each day at Liverpool 's Central Station and simply sat in their vans for eight hours a day . |
| 8 | Earlier the court heard that in the days after the attack Nichol turned up for work with scratches on his face . |
| 9 | Jahsaxa had summoned Tammuz Malamute to her office before Zambia turned up for treatment . |
| 10 | One girl who turned up for night duty wearing plimsolls received a proper rocket . |
| 11 | Head teacher John Moorhead and pupil Frankie Mckay , who turned up for school yesterday morning |
| 12 | I could still run , so I turned up for football training and things have gone on from there . |
| 13 | No patients turned up for evening surgery , but , for once , that was not depressing . |
| 14 | I only caught a bit of it but he said that he turned up for training and was surprised to be called in and told about the deal . |
| 15 | Graham served in the RAF during the Second World War and it was under the war-time ‘ guesting ’ arrangement that he first turned out for Palace . |
| 16 | After about half an hour 's unsteady plodding along the sand , leaving dinosaur hoofprints and a small steaming roundabout in the middle of the beach , my buffalo turned back for home , slotted a few heads of corn into his cheeks by the way of reward and let me dismount . |