Example sentences of "turn up the [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man who 'd turned up the sexual voltage after their night out , only to be found embracing his secretary at precisely the time they 'd agreed to meet today … |
| 2 | He did n't elaborate , despite Mandy 's turning up the full voltage of her green eyes to show that she was interested . |
| 3 | He turned up the first day of the term , picked up his grant , bought a guitar with it and then disappeared ‘ till the start of the next term and that term 's grant cheque . |
| 4 | This Fifties comedy was set in a ‘ flea pit ’ cinema called the Bijou where staff turned up the central heating to boiling point in a desert picture to boost ice cream sales . |
| 5 | Despite being in extreme pain and feeling ill , he turned up the following day at rehearsals with long sleeves disguising his burns . |
| 6 | The mystery deepened when , instead of going seaward at the foot of the hill , they turned up the right bank of the Touques as if making for Deauville . |
| 7 | When I told Malc , he turned up the next night with a gift-wrapped teddy for the baby . |
| 8 | The pupils thought he 'd been brought in specially for their benefit and turned up the next week with more surrealistic pieces . |
| 9 | When he wins he turns up the next week as if nothing 's happened — and as if he has n't got a penny to his name , that 's the difference between Seve and others — what sets him apart a bit , I suppose . |
| 10 | He paused on the bottom step to turn up the heavy collar of his overcoat , before striding off down the street , his breath pluming before him . |
| 11 | Turn up the same group in the supplement , to see if your statute has been amended or repealed , or whether there are other relevant statutes on the point . |
| 12 | Colleagues who one year lecture you at the Star Chamber on how you have more than enough money turn up the next asking for extra themselves . |