Example sentences of "turn up a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are not generally common fossils , but there is always a chance of turning up a skeleton from the coal deposits , or finding a fossil frog ( see Fig. 51 ) in the Mesozoic . |
| 2 | I turned up a couple of minutes early , found the door into the suite ajar and the sitting-room in darkness . |
| 3 | I found nothing else of interest but Bernice turned up a couple of old school exercise books of Billy 's and decided to keep them in remembrance . |
| 4 | Eventually Cinzia turned up a set of steps rising steeply from the street and unlocked a door at the top . |
| 5 | They 're hoping to turn up a piece of bloodstained clothing or a weapon . |
| 6 | A trip to Brussels to meet the responsible officials can turn up a mine of information . |