Example sentences of "turn [adv prt] at the [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The instructions warn that if the stove burns with a high yellow flame it should be turned off at the fuel valve and allowed to cool . |
| 2 | The scene when Nancy had turned up at the Shangri-La guest house must have been terrible . |
| 3 | And I also said that Dr Kemp had n't turned up at the railway station when they 'd arranged for a taxi to pick him up and take him — ’ |
| 4 | They 're all turning up at the Evesham Leisure Centre to learn circus skills . |
| 5 | He turned up at the dance studio in a pair of very skimpy tight shorts and observing that everyone else was very white and wore towelling track suits , and seeing that he was very tall and very naked , got nervous so went for a walk and smoked a joint . |
| 6 | BNP candidate Dr Donald Clarke turned up at the Dolphin Centre to join the town 's three other candidates in a meeting organised by Darlington Environmental Watch . |
| 7 | I turned up at the Comedy Store here in London one night , petrified , because in those days it was a pretty testing place with a drunk , unruly audience . |
| 8 | It just so happened that Mandy turned up at the afternoon surgery . |
| 9 | STAFF AT Lincoln turbine Service Limited turned up at the Moat House Hotel , Aberdeen on 5 December for their five-course Christmas Dinner [ well , who would n't ] . |
| 10 | Ms Daniels turned up at the Vines Hotel , Lime Street in regal robes leading the Peter Walker shire horses Majestic and Surprise . |
| 11 | ‘ There was the time I turned up at the Arts Lab ( first and last time ) to see the Dylan film and could n't afford it . |
| 12 | It had been Marcus who turned up at the Evans house on Saturday afternoon when Pascoe was there . |
| 13 | BNFL chiefs got an injunction against U2 threatening them with arrest if they turned up at the plant gates . |
| 14 | The teacher turned up at the police station at eight the next morning to tell me she was taking responsibility for my daughter . |
| 15 | She turned up at the Café Dôme one night , her beautiful dress torn to shreds . |
| 16 | That 's why the Death Squad turned up at the San Jacinto Market on 9 April 1980 . |
| 17 | While the senior Scotland seven attempt to redeem themselves in Hong Kong , a second seven will be turning out at the Kilmarnock tournament on Sunday . |
| 18 | He was wearing a duffel coat , done up on the wrong toggles , with copies of evening papers turned back at the job columns sticking out of both pockets . |
| 19 | In fact , he turns up at the Harlem Hospital , a few blocks north , two days later , and is heckled as he walks along the wards . |
| 20 | Whether or not this constitutional tug of war is resolved by the proposed referendum on presidential powers in April — indeed whether anyone will get around to formulating questions for it , or persuading the battle scarred citizenry to turn up at the ballot box — are still matters of obsessive speculation . |
| 21 | WAC 's most elaborate ruse to date was to turn up at the Republican convention in Houston and install batch after batch of 20-by-60-foot high feminist slogans ( designed by Anderson , Kruger et al ) which greeted Bush 's nearest and dearest as they exited from the convention . |
| 22 | There will be a welcome for all who turn up at the Wallingford terminus for bumper picnic on Sunday . |
| 23 | Every week , around 80 people turn up at the Prestbury Road Handicapped Day Centre in Cheltenham . |
| 24 | And although hundreds of young hopefuls turn up at the Storm offices in London each year most of Sarah 's ‘ finds ’ are chance encounters . |
| 25 | Within 15 minutes or so , Alan Fordham would turn up at the commentary box , ready to resume discussion on the latest of the batch of modern drama texts through which he was picking his way . |
| 26 | Today JR will turn up at the Borders roads committee meeting in a Pringle of Scotland creation , complete with Saltire design , as worn by the golfer Colin Montgomerie at last year 's Scottish Open . |