Example sentences of "[adv] turn [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He did not turn up to the funeral when his friend died , and for me this was sadder than the loss of the vicar who had found peace and hope before he died .
2 In 1964 the traffic similarly did not pose quite such a problem as in 1988 , the car parking round the district proving quite adequate , especially as the expected crowds did not turn up on the day .
3 Yet had the question gone on , And what if she does not turn up on the waterfront tonight ?
4 They did , however , provide a good deal of entertainment for the rest of the group and would be missed if they did not turn up for a game .
5 There were moments when Henry thought she would not turn up for the funeral , so magnificent was she about the whole thing , but as the date approached he noticed she was wearing more and more black jewellery , black scarves , capes , cloaks and jerseys , stockings , blouses and hats .
6 It means that he can not turn out for the Pollock Park club until at least August .
7 He did not turn in at the door of number thirty-seven , however .
8 Newspaper publicity always gave the impression that the school could train anyone from scratch with little or no dance experience so young readers felt that they could just turn up without an appointment and would immediately be seen by this apparently motherly woman called Jennie Tiller .
9 They do n't just turn up on the night , ’ she said .
10 So , if people ca n't get hold of an application form , can they still turn up on the day , I think that 's the final thing is n't it ?
11 we 've got a busload here sir , they 'll probably turn up in a cab and ask you to pay for it
12 He would often turn up at the factory in his best suit , get involved in a maintenance problem with his fitter and end up covered in grease .
13 Unfortunately there are no German records in existence ( perhaps something may now turn up after the reunification ! ) but we can assume that the result of the raid fell short of causing significant damage to the German war machine .
14 More or less I think it went against the entries because the members just would n't turn up to the meetings .
15 But she knew that , if she did n't turn up on the beach , Ross would only come back to fetch her .
16 ‘ Well , I ca n't turn up on the bus , can I ? ’
17 Some spoilsports did n't turn up with a teddy , but others more than made up for them .
18 You did n't turn up for a meeting two weeks ago . ’
19 The old man did n't turn up for a week , and then two weeks and then three weeks and everybody was fairly in despair .
20 ‘ The Army ought to start asking questions when she does n't turn up for the nest course at the Fort ’ George said hopefully .
21 Messrs Shotton and Unsworth did n't turn up for the count .
22 I 'm afraid so , I mean a lot of these things , you can have a basic idea , and then your flowers do n't turn up at the markets and all them sort of things , although we 've got a wonderful garden and I 've got quite a lot I can use .
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