Example sentences of "[noun] turn [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first we thought that the foragers might simply be suffering from some sort of apian hydrophobia , but when we increased the distance of the feeding station so that the dances indicated the far side of the lake , recruits turned up in great numbers . |
| 2 | At the election , the women of the borough turned up in large numbers shouting " No Sow and Pigs " . |
| 3 | The paramedics turned up within ten minutes and as they turned up I passed out , so they applied the defibrillator to my chest and the next thing I knew from one minute to sitting talking to them I knew I was on the ground and they 'd brought me round . |
| 4 | The fact that almost nobody had heard of this prerogative turned out to one of the judges to be a point in its favour : |
| 5 | Clements turned up at 3.55 . |
| 6 | I 'm a bit turned off by some of the things I see . |
| 7 | Additional material from Theodore turns up in other Irish manuscripts , dating from the eighth century , the ninth century and , in one case , from the late tenth century — more than four hundred years after Theodore was condemned . |
| 8 | One of these elements turns up in each of one 's conscious episodes , or is of a kind such that each of one 's conscious episodes contains an instance of the kind . |
| 9 | After the engine turned up at Three Bridges a BR spokesman — skilled at blaming delays on ‘ leaves on the line ’ — explained that lost trains did ‘ occasionally occur ’ . |
| 10 | They were doing a sort of Nordic cha cha cha with Dutch doll movements , hands and feet turned out at right angles and clockwork jerks of the head . |
| 11 | The result was so spectacular that those of us in the front line who were showered with debris turned up at future games wearing motorbike goggles to protect our eyes and in honour of our hero . |
| 12 | The pavement meetings of Hitler 's English disciples resembled more accurately a noisy Pimlico pub turning out at closing time . |
| 13 | The top lifts at Cairngorm were opened on Friday 23 November with 300–400 earlybirds turning up on each of the first few days . |
| 14 | All the temples were totally demolished during the Roman period , probably by Christian iconoclasts , and the sites turned over to industrial use . |
| 15 | In the 1820s the Swan turned up in another museum , run by a perfumier , Thomas Weeks of London . |
| 16 | As Lisa popped a breast of chicken into the microwave she glanced at the brightly coloured childish drawings secured by fruit-shaped magnets to the fridge door and her heart turned over with maternal pride . |
| 17 | Is n't it wonderful , darling , Miss Rossignol turning up like this ? ’ |
| 18 | If they are then housed for the winter the immunity acquired by the end of the grazing season has waned by the following spring and yearlings turned out at that time are partially susceptible to reinfection and so contaminate the pasture with small numbers of eggs . |
| 19 | Normally , unless you have one of these keys , you would have to call the water company 's engineers if you wanted the mains turned off for any reason — perhaps to work on the mains stopcock inside the house . |
| 20 | Anyway , at the party , there was the aristocracy of the land and quite a lot of celebrities and of course , David and his group turned up in scruffy jeans . ’ |
| 21 | Failure to turn out for major party festivals ( May 1 , August 23 ) can bring harsher sanctions . |
| 22 | ‘ Some co-productions turn out like badly-mixed cocktails . ’ |
| 23 | The third part shows that many problems encountered in police investigation turn up in scientific research and considers what lessons may be learnt from the experience of science . |
| 24 | Another character turns up at this stage in the obese and blustering form of Judge Sir John Popham . |
| 25 | The entire stock of the nation 's glasses turns over in two years so there is no reason why this measure should result in any implementation costs or why the price of a pint should go up . |
| 26 | Well , that Arthur turned up at last and the vicar married them , but afterwards me sister let Arthur know just 'ow she felt , she chucked the whole weddin' cake at 'im , then 'er bokey an' then a full bottle of port . |
| 27 | Terence turned up at ten to ten with two friends nobody knew , although the threesome set Karen off , reminding her , she giggled , of the tormentors of Fantastic Mister Fox , one fat , one short , one lean . |
| 28 | More than three-quarters of those on the electoral register turned out on each occasion to cast their vote and , of those who did so , more than 90% voted usually for either the Conservative or Labour candidate . |
| 29 | By good fortune , the crew turned up at that moment . |
| 30 | Election ‘ 92 : Glitterati turn out for Labour |