Example sentences of "turn up for [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Emily Lightbody had not turned up for work since the preceding Friday , a rare occurrence in all her thirty years of service . |
| 2 | But the dear old garment mysteriously turned up for sale at an auction in our social club . |
| 3 | There was some muttering among officials after the game that only nine players had turned up for training on Tuesday , but despite the defeat coach Bruce Liddle remained cheerfully optimistic . |
| 4 | He saved one of the Signals Waafs from getting into trouble through not turning up for duty on time , simply by staying at his post until she finally did appear . |
| 5 | Post offices , railway stations and schools had the new , and the rest the old ; in the cottages there was friction as children and their fathers turned up for meals at different times . |
| 6 | When kept under conditions of constant light and temperature , they still turned up for meals at regular intervals . |
| 7 | Earlier the court heard that in the days after the attack Nichol turned up for work with scratches on his face . |
| 8 | He shook hands with scores of clerks , cooks and cleaners who had overcome feelings of revulsion and fear to turn up for work after the brutal and ghastly murder of their friend and colleague , who had been chained to a 1,000lb bomb . |
| 9 | Miners turn up for work at Silverhill |
| 10 | Anyone wishing to join the Liss club and perhaps start training now for next year 's race should just turn up for training on Wednesday evenings ( 7 p.m. ) and Sunday mornings ( 9.30 a.m . ) . |
| 11 | When Louis summoned , exceptionally , a third assembly in the same year , at Thionville , Pippin failed to appear ; and when he did turn up for Christmas at Aachen , there was a family row . |