Example sentences of "[noun] turned [adv] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dog , after lapping a little water , went and sat down heavily beside him , eyes turned up at the portrait of itself thoughtfully , perhaps making a critical assessment of it . |
| 2 | Pauline 's wide , full mouth turned up at the corners . |
| 3 | ‘ He was going to hit you , ’ she said , and her mouth turned down at the corners . |
| 4 | ‘ We got rid of an old woman and replaced him with a younger one , ’ Fergus said , mouth turned down at the corners , staring over his whisky tumbler and across the room to where his wife was talking to Antonia . |
| 5 | The marquis 's lips turned down at the corners . |
| 6 | A stream of visitors turned up at the camp . |
| 7 | Then on Wednesday , hearses from two funeral companies turned up at the morgue to claim the body . |
| 8 | Two riders turned in at the approach to the castle , the rest of the cavalcade swept onward through the gate , flung open to give them passage , and vanished in a flurry of spume and fine mud along the foregate . |
| 9 | One night , after heavy drinking in Soho Minton turned up at the house where they were living , broke a window , and climbed in , saying , ‘ I just want to be part of you . ’ |
| 10 | Women with stiff-brimmed panama hats turned up at the side and pinned with giant rosettes . |
| 11 | Ms Daniels turned up at the Vines Hotel , Lime Street in regal robes leading the Peter Walker shire horses Majestic and Surprise . |
| 12 | The teacher turned up at the police station at eight the next morning to tell me she was taking responsibility for my daughter . |
| 13 | He wore a tight khaki shirt , buttoned at the neck , and threadbare army denims turned up at the bottom . |
| 14 | It would be easy enough ( in theory ) to get money for Everest or K2 , but if Mick and Vic turned up at the doors of a giant multi-national with the word ‘ Ultar ’ on their portfolio , they might well be shown the corporate door . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Investing in a jump suit and hard hat Della turned up at the aerodrome and took to the skies in a plane |
| 17 | Carrie was hard put to it and she had little time to talk with him , but it was not long before Billy turned up at the cafe eager to see his friend and Carrie directed him into the back room . |
| 18 | STUNNED staff turned up at a garage in Chicklade , Wilts , to find thieves had used a chainsaw to cut off and steal a petrol pump . |
| 19 | It reminded them of when Labour Chancellor Denis Healey turned back at the airport in 1976 over a sterling crisis . |
| 20 | It was the next day that Lewis turned up at the door of the workshop his tools in a bag and his leather apron over his arm . |
| 21 | He wore a leather beret to conceal his black hair , tinted wrap-around glasses and a coat turned up at the collar which masked the lower half of his face . |
| 22 | Only six out of the school 's 260 pupils turned up at the school , and four of them were later picked up by their parents and returned home . |
| 23 | FIREMEN and police turned up at a house in Bracknell , Herts , with sirens blaring after Nibbles the hamster became trapped under the bath . |
| 24 | It just so happened that Mandy turned up at the afternoon surgery . |
| 25 | BNP candidate Dr Donald Clarke turned up at the Dolphin Centre to join the town 's three other candidates in a meeting organised by Darlington Environmental Watch . |
| 26 | About 20 travellers turned up at the court as one of their group , Gary Frost , 28 , father of a year-old daughter , was due to appear from custody . |
| 27 | That 's why the Death Squad turned up at the San Jacinto Market on 9 April 1980 . |
| 28 | A lip turned up at the towel in her hair , as if he was remembering that first time they 'd seen each other , but the quirk of that lip was cruel . |
| 29 | Thank God , I thought , as just then Dad turned up at the party . |
| 30 | He was wearing a duffel coat , done up on the wrong toggles , with copies of evening papers turned back at the job columns sticking out of both pockets . |