Example sentences of "turn up [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We know people were treasuring this hope at the time of Jesus , because in the caves of Qumran there has turned up a messianic anthology which includes the prophecy given to David in 2 Samuel 7:14 . |
| 2 | Their mother had been forever running after her with a pencil box or an exercise book or a threepenny piece for church collection , and the maid had turned up a lost doll , a coin , a glove in every corner . |
| 3 | It was like when his Giro cheques from the unemployment people had n't turned up the last time he 'd been out of work ; it was all done to wear him down . |
| 4 | The man who 'd turned up the sexual voltage after their night out , only to be found embracing his secretary at precisely the time they 'd agreed to meet today … |
| 5 | However , if the adventurers make a thorough search here , they have a 50% chance each for turning up a sealed vial with 2D4+1 doses of Trollbane , and another with D4+1 doses of Graveroot . |
| 6 | Cheaper alternatives to turning up the central heating are to do a brief bout of gentle exercise , which increases body heat from the inside , or to wrap up well , which reduces loss to the outside . |
| 7 | That way she 'd be more in command of the situation instead of turning up the next morning knowing all eyes were going to be fixed on her . |
| 8 | He did n't elaborate , despite Mandy 's turning up the full voltage of her green eyes to show that she was interested . |
| 9 | Without turning up the light Katherine crossed to stand beside the window , leaving Michael Lee to close the door and move gingerly into the centre of the room . |
| 10 | Isabel removed the seven of diamonds from the third row , placed it over the six , on the seventh row , and turned up a new card , the four of hearts . |
| 11 | Further research turned up a small shipping business , but it was modest indeed beside the kind of wealth claimed by Kleinworts . |
| 12 | On three occasions a diligent search turned up a small droplet on the ground , and under the microscope it turned out to be a sperm mass . |
| 13 | Both women had been surprised when he turned up a second time . |
| 14 | An examination of his flat turned up a second picture , not of Chant 's flesh this time , but of his life . |
| 15 | She turned up a thin alley which was covered ; it was full of the shrill song of cage birds . |
| 16 | Mr Gordon Greig of the Mail turned up a fresh page in his notebook , and Mr Chris Moncrieff of the Press Association , who could sleep standing up , opened a parrot-like eye . |
| 17 | The schedule designer must for every be putting himself or herself into the respondents ' shoes and trying to imagine what it would be like to be asked this question by a stranger who just turned up a few minutes ago out of the blue . |
| 18 | Cardiff foreshore turned up a few conger and codling . |
| 19 | I only know that he turned up a few hours after the accident and got into some row with the head copper . |
| 20 | You said he turned up a few hours after the event , so it seems likely he left London at short notice . |
| 21 | ‘ We went home on the Friday evening of the move and turned up a few days later and just started work — it was great ! ’ |
| 22 | He turned up the first day of the term , picked up his grant , bought a guitar with it and then disappeared ‘ till the start of the next term and that term 's grant cheque . |
| 23 | This Fifties comedy was set in a ‘ flea pit ’ cinema called the Bijou where staff turned up the central heating to boiling point in a desert picture to boost ice cream sales . |
| 24 | Despite being in extreme pain and feeling ill , he turned up the following day at rehearsals with long sleeves disguising his burns . |
| 25 | Yet another rarity turned up the other day and which I illustrate here . |
| 26 | The mystery deepened when , instead of going seaward at the foot of the hill , they turned up the right bank of the Touques as if making for Deauville . |
| 27 | The customer turned up the same day and wanted changes made . |
| 28 | When I told Malc , he turned up the next night with a gift-wrapped teddy for the baby . |
| 29 | The pupils thought he 'd been brought in specially for their benefit and turned up the next week with more surrealistic pieces . |
| 30 | They turned up the next street . |