Example sentences of "turn up [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They turn up on church doorsteps in inner London hoping that the Church will be able to help them out in some way . |
| 2 | if put , put sample in , in er er at paragraph erm we said that it could be , we referred to paragraph two , two , three , this is the third paragraph I 've turn up on page a hundred and thirty six on claim sees to recover and then we say the premises , the claim is unlawful as being in breach of article eighty five , alternatively , unlawful in seeking to enforce agreements |
| 3 | If they have an appointment with somebody they try and turn up on time or if they are going to be late , they ring up and apologise . |
| 4 | Similar sort of principle erm and you give er you give people lottery tickets if they turn up on time . |
| 5 | tried to increase er erm well reduce tardiness at work , make sure people turn up on time , you have somebody dishing out lottery tickets to people who get there by nine o'clock , something like that , okay ? |
| 6 | They turn up to work but are so stressed out they ca n't perform , there 's no added value to the product . |
| 7 | Oh Sunday it was really bad cos he had these people turn up for lunch and erm , said it 's Sam arranged to come and collect him quarter to six and then we went up to Fore Gate for lunch and then we came back here and had erm we were all standing in the kitchen here , knock on the door , a walked in , I 'd completely forgotten about it |
| 8 | For what you decide to do now will influence whether or not you turn up for work — and what your likely reception will be if you do . |
| 9 | ‘ I usually take no notice and just turn up for work the following day . |
| 10 | Miners turn up for work at Silverhill |
| 11 | Just turn up between noon and 7pm at one of the venues shown below for advice . |
| 12 | Do not male civil servants now sometimes turn up at work wearing ponytails , earrings , jeans or , in the summer , even Lycra shorts ? |
| 13 | He is to keep an eye on them , transfer them between nicks when necessary and make sure they turn up in court on time . |
| 14 | Although not entirely distinct from the previous two categories , there is a small group of patients who turn up in casualty departments having inflicted mutilating injuries on themselves is a result of a serious disturbance of mental state . |
| 15 | Mysteriously some dealers who had appeared beaten by the exam , turn up in Stock Exchange member firms with a pass under their belt . |
| 16 | And there 's a fascinating article in this , the current edition , the January edition it is now , because they go so far in advance , of She magazine , which says that er , it 's a desperate plight sometimes , when you have people coming for Christmas who fall into several categories like lazy slobs , who do absolutely nothing , and misers , who turn up with a stale box of chocolates , and never take you out for a meal in return for your hospitality , and the amorous couples who er , embarrass you by er , er , noisily retiring to their bedroom , if I may put it that way , and then the guests who turn up in mid-row , and bicker systematically over the whole of the festive period . |
| 17 | Three hundred and twenty-five items reported missing by government inspectors turn up in cupboard on site |
| 18 | You can hear the frogs , of course , revving up in the shallows , but not the rare great crested newts , which occasionally turn up in garden ponds all over the place . |
| 19 | There are many other more common causes of aortic incompetence , including rheumatic fever , but cases of syphilitic aortic-valve disease still turn up from time to time in this country , albeit rarely . |
| 20 | They turn up from time to time . ’ |