Example sentences of "[adv] turn up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Most of them apparently turned up for the first Sunday game at the picturesque University ground . |
| 3 | Mr. Maton had worked for many years as a solicitor 's clerk , he had not turned up for work that day , the young man sent to check the reason had found Mr. Maton dead in the kitchen , the small loaf collected on his way home from work the previous evening still in its wrapping on the table . |
| 4 | He has not turned up for the past two meetings of the Supreme National Council , which he chairs and which is supposed to govern Cambodia , in conjunction with the UN , in the period up to the election . |
| 5 | Emily Lightbody had not turned up for work since the preceding Friday , a rare occurrence in all her thirty years of service . |
| 6 | Mrs Allen 's body was found at her Harberton Park home on Tuesday morning after a senior officer at the Maze informed Banbridge police that she had not turned up for work . |
| 7 | He kept forgetting they would write it down : he seems to have thought — most of the time — that they had just turned up for a friendly drink . |
| 8 | He saved one of the Signals Waafs from getting into trouble through not turning up for duty on time , simply by staying at his post until she finally did appear . |
| 9 | I thought my form had been good enough throughout the year to warrant selection , but there is always that niggling doubt , especially as I had angered Frank Dick by not turning up for a relay practice at Loughborough where he was engaged in running the annual Summer School for athletics . |
| 10 | Let us examine the implications of this ; property crime became by far the most common form of crime during the period in which the prison emerged ; therefore forced labour would have become the most common punishment ; forced labour requires incarceration ( people tend not to turn up for it of their own free will ) . |
| 11 | At the time and date arranged , he meets an old friend and decides not to turn up for the meal with his niece . |
| 12 | ‘ I usually take no notice and just turn up for work the following day . |
| 13 | There were moments when Henry thought she would not turn up for the funeral , so magnificent was she about the whole thing , but as the date approached he noticed she was wearing more and more black jewellery , black scarves , capes , cloaks and jerseys , stockings , blouses and hats . |
| 14 | Angry with Nutty for her pigheadedness and superior airs , Nails did not turn up for the next swimming lesson . |
| 15 | If we do not turn up for work , we are likely to get the sack , but in our private worlds we can dream our lives away at home , church or play . |
| 16 | They did not turn up for sessions they considered boring and did not meet their needs . |
| 17 | They did , however , provide a good deal of entertainment for the rest of the group and would be missed if they did not turn up for a game . |
| 18 | The UCW believes the rounds of postmen who do not turn up for work will not be covered by overtime . |
| 19 | Anyone wishing to join the Liss club and perhaps start training now for next year 's race should just turn up for training on Wednesday evenings ( 7 p.m. ) and Sunday mornings ( 9.30 a.m . ) . |
| 20 | But the dear old garment mysteriously turned up for sale at an auction in our social club . |
| 21 | When kept under conditions of constant light and temperature , they still turned up for meals at regular intervals . |
| 22 | Willi frequently turned up for the sessions where Therese was working with Luiza , Freddi and Alfred . |
| 23 | I think she should have played a Tour Event before an exhibition event , but then again it would n't be the first time she has n't turned up for a Tour Event would it ? |
| 24 | You had n't turned up for that date . |
| 25 | So much so that Colin , being totally pissed off with the press , has n't turned up for the interview . |
| 26 | So much so that Colin , being totally pissed off with the press , has n't turned up for the interview . |
| 27 | But he is intent now on presenting Instead , he preferred to dwell on his newly manufactured a softer image and even turned up for his press conference in an , admittedly immaculate , white tracksuit instead of his normal £2,000 Saville Row variety . |
| 28 | I asked him , he was negative , erm and I 've I 've got a feeling he never even turned up for it anyway . |
| 29 | You did n't turn up for a meeting two weeks ago . ’ |
| 30 | It did n't turn up for practice and so many questions were asked that the race organisers pinned a notice on the control room window saying : ‘ We have NO news of the BRM . ’ |