Example sentences of "turn [adv] at a [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | An oil painting worth £12,000 and which was nicked from the Marquess of Bute in 1987 , has turned up at a car boot sale . |
2 | Only last week ( British Medical Journal , vol 286 , p 765 ) there was an account of two young lassies in Australia who had turned up at a health centre feeling nauseous and generally out of sorts . |
3 | Hundreds were able to pay their respects and express their condolences by turning up at a charity rugby match at Shiplake College , Berkshire , in aid of the Charlotte Starmer-Smith Memorial Fund which aims to purchase medical equipment for the treatment of blood diseases . |
4 | At a Labour conference you get Gerry Adams turning up at a fringe meeting , and he the leader of Sinn Fein , which is cousin to the IRA , which in 1984 , in this same town , blew up the Grand Hotel in an attempt to murder the Prime Minister and Cabinet . |
5 | HUNDREDS of young fans were left disappointed after they turned up at a video store to meet Arnold Schwarzenegger and found a lookalike instead . |
6 | Even John Major , who is a friend of Wigley 's , turned up at a Plaid party a few years ago . |
7 | A well-known alcoholic who unexpectedly turns up at a cocktail party may inadvertently communicate the fact that his sessions with AA have given him newfound confidence in his self-control . |