Example sentences of "turn up [prep] a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sense of his living in a closed world , stylistically speaking , is beautifully conveyed when Falstaff , frustrated in his attempts to get a simple answer to a simple question , wanting to know his ‘ happy news ’ , is forced to move up to Pistol 's manner : — an effect not unlike that if W. C. Fields had turned up in a performance of Mourning Becomes Electra ! |
| 2 | Will home helps start turning up with a set of clubs ? |
| 3 | One day he excelled himself , turning up with a piece of furniture the size of a large sideboard which housed the coveted television set along with a radiogram and a place to keep your records . |
| 4 | Vera turned up for a cup of coffee dinner time and ended up staying there rest of the afternoon dinner with us , oh no come on in , give us it , where you sitting , off she went |
| 5 | His look deepened and the corners of his well-defined mouth turned up in a half-smile of mystery . |
| 6 | When a television crew turns up for a tour of his house and DIY achievements , everything falls apart as he touches it . |
| 7 | The drawback is that your expert driver from the London Limousine Company ( SE1 ) only turns up for a minimum of eight hours — a standard feature of chauffeur hire . |
| 8 | He had either supported Michael Heseltine in his leadership bid ( ‘ disloyal to dear Mrs Thatcher ’ ) or had failed to turn up to a multitude of constituency functions , wine and cheeses , bring and buys . |
| 9 | If she had to take her own reading things she ought to start collecting them now , whereas if they supplied them it would be embarrassing to turn up with a bag of newspapers , as if you did n't know how to behave . |
| 10 | Let It Rock did unbelievably good business Friday night or Saturday morning a lorry would turn up with a delivery of creepers — the very things that enticed me into the shop in the first place . |
| 11 | They may turn up in a show of force in the Market Square . ’ |