Example sentences of "up at a [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mind you , not many Mormons would turn up at a Barbican flat at 7.30 clutching two bottles of wine . |
| 2 | A nature garden has sprung up at a Bootle school where youngsters once had to play out in gas masks because of coaldust clouds . |
| 3 | Even John Major , who is a friend of Wigley 's , turned up at a Plaid party a few years ago . |
| 4 | A PROJECT for budding photographers has been set up at a Newton Aycliffe school . |
| 5 | I sent her a brochure I had picked up at a travel agent , together with a bouquet of roses and a letter . |
| 6 | Leland Palmer ignores him , doing what all good rock'n'roll drivers do : pointing out the house where Robin Williams lives , pulling up at a liquor store , and drawing our attention to a woman with an exceptionally large arse riding a bike . |
| 7 | Jackson had been put up at a boarding house , to await the arrival of Herbert Chapman next morning . |
| 8 | It was just one of those things that happened to even the nicest people , and the sensible thing to do about it was pay £25 and turn up at a London hotel for a glass of sherry and an implicit promise of no humiliation if things did n't work out . |
| 9 | HUNDREDS of young fans were left disappointed after they turned up at a video store to meet Arnold Schwarzenegger and found a lookalike instead . |
| 10 | A well-known alcoholic who unexpectedly turns up at a cocktail party may inadvertently communicate the fact that his sessions with AA have given him newfound confidence in his self-control . |
| 11 | Hundreds were able to pay their respects and express their condolences by turning up at a charity rugby match at Shiplake College , Berkshire , in aid of the Charlotte Starmer-Smith Memorial Fund which aims to purchase medical equipment for the treatment of blood diseases . |
| 12 | Liz won the chance to make a bungee jump after an equally brave feat — standing up at a karaoke night and singing Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree . |
| 13 | We had some little boys at the end there , throwing sticks up at a chestnut tree , or you know , |
| 14 | Eventually they end up at a reprocessing plant where they are ground into tiny flakes , washed and dried . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | SECURITY is to be stepped up at a Darlington pensioners ' community centre following two break-ins . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The pair had star quality written all over their faces as they hammed it up at a Buddy Holly tribute . |
| 19 | It was beautiful , an antique that we picked up at a flea market in Bath . |
| 20 | At a Labour conference you get Gerry Adams turning up at a fringe meeting , and he the leader of Sinn Fein , which is cousin to the IRA , which in 1984 , in this same town , blew up the Grand Hotel in an attempt to murder the Prime Minister and Cabinet . |