Example sentences of "turned up at " in BNC.
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| 1 | He turned up at the dance studio in a pair of very skimpy tight shorts and observing that everyone else was very white and wore towelling track suits , and seeing that he was very tall and very naked , got nervous so went for a walk and smoked a joint . |
| 2 | About 30 journalists turned up at the Thai border village of Pong Nam Ron , about 200 miles east of Bangkok , yesterday morning , but were told by the local Thai military commander that he knew of no Vietnamese prisoners . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Naas Botha , of all people , turned up at Rodney Parade last night to see the Barbarians ' annual autumn get-together . |
| 5 | Thirty thousand spectators turned up at Lillie Bridge in London to see him run the mile against William Cummings of Paisley and in the return match George 's time of 4 min. 12.75 sec. was not beaten in Britain for forty-nine years . |
| 6 | I turned up at his apartment at the appointed hour . |
| 7 | He wore a tight khaki shirt , buttoned at the neck , and threadbare army denims turned up at the bottom . |
| 8 | Then on Wednesday , hearses from two funeral companies turned up at the morgue to claim the body . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Quite unexpectedly , at 9.00 a.m. on 12 July , the couple turned up at Auckland airport and told the hire company 's office there that they had to return early to Europe and were planning to catch the 11.30 a.m . |
| 11 | When he slept with Beatrice at No. 53 Boulevard Montparnasse , he often turned up at Indenbaum 's next morning , still in a euphoric state from the after-effects of a drug , almost certainly hashish . |
| 12 | She turned up at the Café Dôme one night , her beautiful dress torn to shreds . |
| 13 | The next day Modigliani turned up at Lipchitz 's studio and made a number of preliminary drawings of Lipchitz and his wife with speed and precision . |
| 14 | It had a curious history , for it miraculously survived the destruction of the Tuileries and turned up at Chislehurst in 1871 by unknown means . |
| 15 | Women with stiff-brimmed panama hats turned up at the side and pinned with giant rosettes . |
| 16 | Their talent for self-promotion ensured that many people turned up at the Ritz to witness the intriguing spectacle of The Smiths falling on their collective backsides . |
| 17 | When the last shot had been fired and the troops left for the United States , many GIs turned up at embarkation points with loyal canine friends concealed in their kit bags . |
| 18 | Everyone turned up at the 42nd Street Theatre that night to see Noreen make her New York debut . |
| 19 | James turned up at the docks expecting a luxury liner , only to find a cargo ship and a deck-hand 's job waiting for him . |
| 20 | ‘ Prof ’ Francis always turned up at celebrity concerts and was often able to slip into an empty seat at intermission . |
| 21 | My brother , now himself in the RAF , turned up at the door of the Met Office one morning , announcing that he had been posted to Bourn . |
| 22 | Anyway , he was told that he was no longer being considered for flying , and when he turned up at Bourn he was an ordinary AC2 , with no flash in his cap , and was put on General Duties , which seemed to consist , most of the time , of cleaning out the ablutions . |
| 23 | That afternoon two more carcasses turned up at the northern end of Butterwick Low , and another two were reported from the Norfolk coast , close to Cromer . |
| 24 | I had a strange sensation when , on an autumnal Friday afternoon , I turned up at Old Admiralty Building , to have a viva voce on my written evidence to the Falklands Inquiry . |
| 25 | A stream of visitors turned up at the camp . |
| 26 | Some of the more difficult cases turned up at her office , where she had to cope without professional help . |
| 27 | Thank God , I thought , as just then Dad turned up at the party . |
| 28 | When I turned up at the theatre and Terry and I got changed next to each other , I frequently made a point of saying to him , ‘ Well , Terry , has the call come yet ? |
| 29 | Anyway , he turned up at my house sometime later and , sure enough , I had n't finished it — so we sat down and did it together , along with a few others while we were in the mood . ’ |
| 30 | Inevitably Shabba turned up at Music Works , the studio that ruled Jamaica in 1988 –'89,; and there producer Gussie Clarke cut Shabba on some of the best records of the era : the lighthearted ‘ Twice My Age ’ with Krystal , and ‘ Pirate 's Anthem ’ , reuniting him with Cocoa Tea and Home T. |