Example sentences of "[noun] turn [adv prt] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clements turned up at 3.55 . |
| 2 | 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 ’ . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The pavement meetings of Hitler 's English disciples resembled more accurately a noisy Pimlico pub turning out at closing time . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Another character turns up at this stage in the obese and blustering form of Judge Sir John Popham . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | By good fortune , the crew turned up at that moment . |
| 11 | In fact , the fog obliged the convoy to turn back at first , but it set out again later in the day and reached the Spanish mainland with little difficulty . |
| 12 | Later confiding that she was surprised that Kiefer turned up at all that day , the same press officer admits she was doubtful about the interview from the off . |
| 13 | When the rest of the crowd turned out at closing time and headed for the Floral Gardens with their carry-outs , Tich bedded down for the night in the public lavatory on the other side of the railway bridge . |
| 14 | A year ago at Unix Expo time we said IBM Corp was interested in moving AIX on to PC platforms other than its own to dispel its proprietary air ( UX No 359 ) : true to the promise , Blue turned up at this year 's Expo with AIX PS/2 Version 1.3 supporting non-Micro Channel boxes and running on Dell Computer Corp , AST Research Inc and Compaq Computer Corp . |
| 15 | My coalman turned up at twenty past eight this morning ! |
| 16 | He expected Mr Major to turn up at another party on Thursday night — even sneering : ‘ This is the vomit party , tomorrow 's is the cream ’ — but the Premier was flying across the Atlantic for a high-profile visit to Canadian leader Brian Mulroney . |
| 17 | And then , all I 've done is worked out some time management and say well if these guys turn up at half past eight every morning and I give them a break at ten o'clock , and they get a lunch break and then in afternoon , another break , and they finish at half past four , if everything goes to plan , by four o'clock Friday , my van should be backing up at the end of the production line to load itself up with a thousand widgets . |
| 18 | Mark turned up at these Sunday classes and despite family differences they soon realised that there was a communion of souls . |
| 19 | Dr Kavanagh 's monumental landscaping is visible evidence of the tumultuous row which took place around Patrick 's other grave in August when 100 members of Dublin 's literary set turned up at Inniskeen to bury the poet 's widow Katherine . |