Example sentences of "the [noun] [vb mod] turn up " in BNC.
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| 1 | The organisers had to pay the travel bill of the poverty-stricken Fijians and , until literally the first day of the tournament , no-one knew whether the Russians would turn up or not . |
| 2 | They watched him with interest , but also with suspicion , even apprehension ; no one knows what an official snooper on the loose will turn up . |
| 3 | It is part of the players ' contracts that all the semi-finalists must turn up to the function after the World Open title . |
| 4 | One no doubt the rep will turn up again before long . |
| 5 | ‘ Anyway , ’ she said , ‘ the Molesworths would turn up their noses at anything too fancy . |
| 6 | I 'd slave my guts out on a case and think I 'd got it settled and a week later the woman would turn up in my office with the same dreary tale . |
| 7 | The executive might turn up in trainers and the double glazing salesman in a suit . |
| 8 | Erm , of course it has to be remembered that all these lectures , or at least most of them , were erm voluntary compulsion and the men used to turn up because they were told to and er whether or not they showed little or no interest very often and it was all erm well a bit of a waste of time . |
| 9 | They 're not supposed to bite you see , they 're supposed to chase and bark at someone and hold them there by barking and hope right that the police will turn up . |
| 10 | Cut down to size , the film will turn up as Vegetable Plots in Channel 4 's True Stories on 14 May . |
| 11 | It was only on glancing again at his watch at three minutes to one and wondering what time the Substitute would turn up that he realized that the Substitute was the reason why . |