Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] turn up " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then a week later my clubs turned up ( all but the woods ) so I changed the claim I had made to insurance company just so if covered the woods the money came very quickly for once . |
| 2 | As Frankenstein 's gaze had recently done , my gaze turned up to the ceiling , beyond which lay the laboratory — with all its gruesome secrets now accessible to me ! |
| 3 | My father turned up the ring on the cooker under the soup-pan , looking beneath the lid into the warming mixture and then turning back to look at me . |
| 4 | My coalman turned up at twenty past eight this morning ! |
| 5 | so it 's erm the times have all changed now because of going somewhere different , but of course you 've got ta go out tonight , we 've got to , in fact we 've got to go out within the hour , it 's Steve 's mum 's birthday erm so tomorrow you know you ca n't get think and my brother turned up last night so you just ca n't , I have n't even packed his case yet . |
| 6 | Yeah my earrings turned up I ca n't find cap . |
| 7 | My dancing partner and her parents turned up , a little bit embarrassing for me as my French was very limited as far as conversation was concerned . |
| 8 | ‘ And if her relatives turn up ? ’ said the doctor . |
| 9 | But , whatever her doubts , she had to admit that the dress did look good , and it was n't too formal if her escort turned up in jeans . |
| 10 | The committee of six ( nearly all their names turn up in the 1910 sample ) organized a programme which included songs such as " The Old Countree " , and " Flight of Ages " , sung by Misses Forrest and Waugh ; the opportunity to dance quadrilles and waltzes ; and a pianoforte selection by Miss Thomson , who was , like most of the other performers , a compositor . |
| 11 | I 'll keep the one that was in it safe in case its owner turns up . ’ |
| 12 | The first DHAC demonstration took place when its members turned up , uninvited , to the March 1968 meeting of the council . |
| 13 | It looked perfectly human , dressed in a grey , well-cut suit and black tie , its collar turned up against the cold , its hands thrust into its pockets . |
| 14 | Knowing the troupe 's constant hunger , she arranged an enormous spread for the reception and was hurt when no one from her troupe turned up . |
| 15 | Most barn owls eat a variety of small mammals and birds every night , and tell-tale remnants of their meal turn up as undigested bone , hair and feather in regurgitated pellets . |
| 16 | Taking her glass of wine to a table near the fire , she decided the question could wait until her food turned up . |
| 17 | A draught whistled through the jeep and all three men had the collars of their mackintoshes turned up . |
| 18 | Post offices , railway stations and schools had the new , and the rest the old ; in the cottages there was friction as children and their fathers turned up for meals at different times . |
| 19 | Have you noticed how both these farts have their collars turned up and sort of ‘ pressed ’ at the front . |
| 20 | The Malayan wood rat is their favourite ; its remains turned up in 90 per cent or the 2839 pellets examined . |
| 21 | But Melody had her face turned up to him eagerly and he remembered other details of Boz 's wedding night party : his meeting with Melody 's mother and the small , shabby tent that was her home . |
| 22 | lay down , her face turned up , stylised |
| 23 | Her face turned up to him . |
| 24 | His mouth turned up lazily . |
| 25 | His eyes turned up , quite white , for five full seconds . |
| 26 | His eyes turned up so that only the whites were left and he made an ugly sound deep in his throat , then he went forward , full-face on to the ground . |
| 27 | His lips turned up in a self-satisfied smile . |
| 28 | His lips turned up in a terrible parody of a smile . |
| 29 | One indication of the effect produced by Boulestin 's recipes is that whenever a second-hand copy of one of his books turns up — and that is not often — one finds it scarred with pencil marks against the recipes which have been cooked by the previous owner and often , slipped somewhere among the pages , a list of dishes noted for future trial . |
| 30 | Despite her bold words to Karen , she found his failure to turn up gnawing at her , nagging , worrying . |