Example sentences of "turn up [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The director general of the Building Societies Association , Mark Boleat , said the rise was encouraging and supported the reports from housebuilders and estate agents that the market had turned up since the beginning of the year . |
| 2 | He could n't really complain too much ; not after the time that he 'd run his patrol car into a ditch only three weeks into his new appointment , and the Middlemass girl ( 14 ) had turned up with a chain and towed him out . |
| 3 | The bridesmaid eventually turned up with a tale as long as her arm as to why , which nobody listened to . |
| 4 | With two brothers , he had turned up with a cash bid for House of Fraser . |
| 5 | A friend of mine suggests this is because my system is all transistor rather than valves , but the processor and power amp both sound fine when the volume of each is turned up with the volume of the other turned down . |
| 6 | An oil painting worth £12,000 and which was nicked from the Marquess of Bute in 1987 , has turned up at a car boot sale . |
| 7 | I am aware of agency nurses who have turned up at a hospital expecting to work on a ward caring for elderly people , only to be sent to work in the intensive care unit . |
| 8 | Only last week ( British Medical Journal , vol 286 , p 765 ) there was an account of two young lassies in Australia who had turned up at a health centre feeling nauseous and generally out of sorts . |
| 9 | His raincoat was turned up at the collar , but not to protect him against the rain , for he always wore it that way . |
| 10 | At times the supporting leg would bend when on balance , whilst the working one was also bent with the foot turned up at the ankle during certain poses , or when performing a rond de jambe en dehors or en dedans during the pas de deux . |
| 11 | And I also said that Dr Kemp had n't turned up at the railway station when they 'd arranged for a taxi to pick him up and take him — ’ |
| 12 | The judge was told that although the girl 's father was due to appear in court as a witness , he had not turned up at the hearing because the couple now planned to marry . |
| 13 | It is significant that Phil Weston , with his imposing England Under-19 cv , has turned up as an opener alongside Curtis . |
| 14 | Of the nine plays scheduled in 1987 , two never turned up on the day , and one got lost between King Cross and the Piece Hall and the players abandoned hope and went home . |
| 15 | That should n't relate to all you RUNNING readers who have followed Bruce Tulloh 's training schedules thoroughly and not just turned up on the day , unprepared and with no training under your belt . |
| 16 | ‘ Some of our team just turned up on the night , pulled and had a belly full of beer . ’ |
| 17 | These funny-looking blokes just turned up on the doorstep with rolls of carpet over their shoulders asking if we wanted to buy them . |
| 18 | Even fate appeared to be on our side : when the review copy of Madstock finally turned up on the morning of the interview , your hack managed to catch a full five seconds of guitarist Chris Foreman wandering across the park before the VHS started eating the tape . |
| 19 | Several delegates turned up to the banquet wearing dinner jackets with camouflage bow ties and cummerbunds . |
| 20 | Hundreds of new age travellers have already turned up to the site . |
| 21 | Fatty : We could have turned up to the disco in these ! |
| 22 | I think she should have played a Tour Event before an exhibition event , but then again it would n't be the first time she has n't turned up for a Tour Event would it ? |
| 23 | ‘ Look at the extraordinary cross-section of Fleet Street which has turned up for the launch . ’ |
| 24 | So much so that Colin , being totally pissed off with the press , has n't turned up for the interview . |
| 25 | So much so that Colin , being totally pissed off with the press , has n't turned up for the interview . |
| 26 | Up to 20 of the bogus MOT certificates have turned up across the province in the last year , prompting a major investigation by detectives . |
| 27 | IT will be a great relief to Abi King at the Arts Theatre if the props she needs for a new play can be turned up by the public at large . |
| 28 | He was soon eased , pinned and patted into the grey suit , the cuffs hastily turned up by the clerk , the back smoothed by Mr Albert . |
| 29 | The sense of his living in a closed world , stylistically speaking , is beautifully conveyed when Falstaff , frustrated in his attempts to get a simple answer to a simple question , wanting to know his ‘ happy news ’ , is forced to move up to Pistol 's manner : — an effect not unlike that if W. C. Fields had turned up in a performance of Mourning Becomes Electra ! |
| 30 | The chemical , which is about 150 times as toxic as cyanide , has turned up in the soil and in waters that flow into the Mississippi River at levels up to several hundred times those thought to be safe . |