Example sentences of "turned up [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A FASCINATING fact turned up during research into the life and times of playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan for Yorkshire law firm Hammond Suddards , who sponsored the West Yorkshire Playhouse production of Sheridan 's The Rivals . |
| 2 | He turned up without fail but there was an ordinariness about him . |
| 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 | But ITN man Michael said : ‘ Eventually she was persuaded to wear it and when she turned up at school and saw all the girls wearing skirts she was absolutely relieved . ’ |
| 16 | Inevitably Shabba turned up at Music Works , the studio that ruled Jamaica in 1988 –'89,; and there producer Gussie Clarke cut Shabba on some of the best records of the era : the lighthearted ‘ Twice My Age ’ with Krystal , and ‘ Pirate 's Anthem ’ , reuniting him with Cocoa Tea and Home T. |
| 17 | Some time ago I turned up at Broadcasting House to meet someone for lunch . |
| 18 | Apparently one of the reception clerks , a man called Edouard , turned up at work with a black eye and other signs of having been in a good fight . |
| 19 | but anyway , erm , it came as a bit of a shock to me when who was at that time the Horticultural Adviser or Horticultural Organiser as they used to call him , turned up at home at Debenham where we lived at the time and er said he 'd come to collect my typewriter we had no notice of this anyway was erm a jolly old soul and erm he went off with my typewriter and erm shorthand machine and the next day my father brought me into Ipswich and erm , well I saw and did a bit of typing and erm , that 's how it all started . |
| 20 | The woman involved in the case turned up at court , but was n't needed to give evidence . |
| 21 | When the last shot had been fired and the troops left for the United States , many GIs turned up at embarkation points with loyal canine friends concealed in their kit bags . |
| 22 | The flat was owned by Mick 's grandmother , who regularly turned up at Clash gigs . |
| 23 | They found only an empty shop when they turned up at Star Cast Promotions , Inner London Crown Court heard . |
| 24 | ‘ Prof ’ Francis always turned up at celebrity concerts and was often able to slip into an empty seat at intermission . |
| 25 | To be fair , the diagram turned up on page 45 and , anyway , the Alpha 2.0 proves straightforward enough when it comes to hooking up to a power amp , combo or mixer . |
| 26 | ‘ No , ’ he said with a grin , ‘ today I turned up on time . ’ |
| 27 | He 's actually sacked his own foreman , the main contractor cos the main , the foreman turned up on site and this I think is one of the lessons to be learnt , is that foreman turned up on site and saw what was happening |
| 28 | He 's actually sacked his own foreman , the main contractor cos the main , the foreman turned up on site and this I think is one of the lessons to be learnt , is that foreman turned up on site and saw what was happening |
| 29 | The owner of the London stage school which she attends said she turned up to school every day with the right lunch money and with her uniform clean . |
| 30 | The next day they charged Barry Moxton with the murder of his wife Mary and there was a picture on the front pages of him being led away with a blanket over his head and another of a policeman coming out of his mother 's house with a plastic bag that was said to contain his bloodstained and half-burned clothing , and a day or so after that Uncle Titch turned up in South Wales with his horse and cart where he said he 'd gone after a merry-go-round and did n't know what all the fuss was about , did n't know about any murder , did n't read the papers and was generally believed , at least by the people on the estate , because it was typical of Uncle Titch , and by that time the Queerfella who was queerer than any of them knew had made a full confession and it was all over bar the shouting and the trial , when he pleaded guilty and was sent down for life and everyone said he should have been hanged and pretended it had never once crossed their minds that it was Uncle Titch that done it . |