Example sentences of "turned up a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Isabel removed the seven of diamonds from the third row , placed it over the six , on the seventh row , and turned up a new card , the four of hearts . |
| 2 | On three occasions a diligent search turned up a small droplet on the ground , and under the microscope it turned out to be a sperm mass . |
| 3 | Further research turned up a small shipping business , but it was modest indeed beside the kind of wealth claimed by Kleinworts . |
| 4 | An examination of his flat turned up a second picture , not of Chant 's flesh this time , but of his life . |
| 5 | Both women had been surprised when he turned up a second time . |
| 6 | She turned up a thin alley which was covered ; it was full of the shrill song of cage birds . |
| 7 | Mr Gordon Greig of the Mail turned up a fresh page in his notebook , and Mr Chris Moncrieff of the Press Association , who could sleep standing up , opened a parrot-like eye . |
| 8 | Cardiff foreshore turned up a few conger and codling . |
| 9 | The schedule designer must for every be putting himself or herself into the respondents ' shoes and trying to imagine what it would be like to be asked this question by a stranger who just turned up a few minutes ago out of the blue . |
| 10 | I only know that he turned up a few hours after the accident and got into some row with the head copper . |
| 11 | You said he turned up a few hours after the event , so it seems likely he left London at short notice . |
| 12 | ‘ We went home on the Friday evening of the move and turned up a few days later and just started work — it was great ! ’ |