Example sentences of "[vb mod] turn up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People must turn up at the proverbial factory gates fresh , fit and ready to toil . |
| 2 | It is part of the players ' contracts that all the semi-finalists must turn up to the function after the World Open title . |
| 3 | It was a perpetual anxiety with me that I should turn up at school wearing a dress that had been sold to that same shop by one of my fellow-pupils . |
| 4 | If you were particularly impressed by any of the candidates you may like to say that you have retained details on file in case anything suitable should turn up in the future . |
| 5 | Then , a few years ago , what should turn up in Nam Cat Tien ? |
| 6 | Another worry for the police is the possibility of a confrontation between New Age travellers who might turn up at Stow , the traditional travellers want to make it plain that if they do , they will not be made welcome . |
| 7 | Another worry for the police is the possibility of a confrontation between New Age travellers who might turn up at Stow , the traditional travellers want to make it plain that if they do , they will not be made welcome . |
| 8 | They might turn up on time and do all the right things , or they might not . |
| 9 | The executive might turn up in trainers and the double glazing salesman in a suit . |
| 10 | There was always that slight excitement and uncertainty about living in a London parish — one never knew who might turn up in church on Sunday . |
| 11 | The slow version has the most depth , and maybe it 'll turn up on a 12-inch some day , but I really opted for the fast one , because it seemed a really nice way to start the album . ’ |
| 12 | The slow version has the most depth , and maybe it 'll turn up on a 12-inch some day , but I really opted for the fast one , because it seemed a really nice way to start the album . ’ |
| 13 | Do you think she 'll turn up on Monday ? |
| 14 | Dana has missed a few fittings , but the earth wo n't stop turning and I 'm sure she 'll turn up for the next one . ’ |
| 15 | Usual stuff — you arrange that on such-and-such a day you 'll turn up with so many people and so much luggage and he 'll transport you to the next place and when you turn up he pretends things have changed and you did n't say fifty but fifteen and anyway the price has gone up and so on and so bloody on until he gets the backhander he wants . |
| 16 | He 'll turn up with a three course meal for as many as you care to name and serve it in the comfort of your semi . |
| 17 | That 's alright , I 'll turn up like this then |
| 18 | Erm used to go down to weddings , at the register office on a Saturday morning , and hope that they 'd turn up without witnesses , because then you had to be compensated , , for giving your service . |
| 19 | Her dreams had saved lives time and again : she 'd turn up at someone 's door whatever the hour , her and her huge handbag packed with tinctures and lotions and bandages . |
| 20 | I had no doubt they 'd turn up within a short time , so I went off duty . |
| 21 | It was quite easy , for she was standing at the front of the Council House talking to a large policeman and when Dad and I reached them he said , ‘ There you are Mrs. Maidment , I knew he 'd turn up like a bad penny ! ’ |
| 22 | Banned from the dressingroom areas and the touchline , he could turn up in any number of disguises from hot-pie salesman to unhelpful steward . |
| 23 | A day or two before she was due to move she ran into a man she had known as a rather mysterious friend of Simon 's who used to turn up on leave now and again during the war . |
| 24 | ‘ I sometimes think now , Oh gawd , I must have really looked like a schlepp when I used to turn up at Motown or somewhere taking a punk rocky attitude with me . |
| 25 | All sorts would turn up for a little chat . ’ |
| 26 | Let It Rock did unbelievably good business Friday night or Saturday morning a lorry would turn up with a delivery of creepers — the very things that enticed me into the shop in the first place . |
| 27 | At six-thirty he would turn up with a large jug of the club cocktail , for it was a tradition that committee meetings ended with a toast to the club in its own tipple . |
| 28 | Although he still hoped that one day his dad would turn up on the doorstep , Steven was aware of the reality of the separation . |
| 29 | He would turn up at her garden with a picnic in the late afternoons , laying out a white cloth , champagne and strawberries under the shadow of the tower block and the bemused scrutiny of the local youth . |
| 30 | When it was wet she would turn up at the cafés with galoshes . |