Example sentences of "his [noun] turn up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His lips turned up in a self-satisfied smile . |
| 2 | His lips turned up in a terrible parody of a smile . |
| 3 | Anyway , at the party , there was the aristocracy of the land and quite a lot of celebrities and of course , David and his group turned up in scruffy jeans . ’ |
| 4 | And when the Captain-General and his men turned up in the afternoon — all in polished armour , and bearing a gaudy new flag adorned with the arms of Castile and Leon and a Madonna and Child — they were dismayed ? embarrassed ? horrified ? amused ? ( history does not record ) to find no sea in sight ; just hundreds of yards of black and rank-smelling mud . |
| 5 | Victorine was confused by the tale Baptiste had told her just now when he and his mother turned up at the back door with Léonie 's sandal and an armful of bread . |
| 6 | Norman was called upon , he was standing on the rock just behind Issaacs , swaying on his hips in that way he has , with his face turned up to the night . |
| 7 | She saw Adam kneeling erect and motionless , his face turned up to the chains ; his eyes were closed , and fire burned clear and transparent all round him . |