Example sentences of "his [noun] turn up " in BNC.
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| 1 | His mouth turned up lazily . |
| 2 | His eyes turned up , quite white , for five full seconds . |
| 3 | His eyes turned up so that only the whites were left and he made an ugly sound deep in his throat , then he went forward , full-face on to the ground . |
| 4 | His lips turned up in a self-satisfied smile . |
| 5 | His lips turned up in a terrible parody of a smile . |
| 6 | One indication of the effect produced by Boulestin 's recipes is that whenever a second-hand copy of one of his books turns up — and that is not often — one finds it scarred with pencil marks against the recipes which have been cooked by the previous owner and often , slipped somewhere among the pages , a list of dishes noted for future trial . |
| 7 | Despite her bold words to Karen , she found his failure to turn up gnawing at her , nagging , worrying . |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | Mike Waterlane 's their only decent player , and he 'll go to pieces as soon as his father turns up . ’ |
| 10 | An examination of his flat turned up a second picture , not of Chant 's flesh this time , but of his life . |
| 11 | But the only thing any manager really worries about is getting his players to turn up to train and play . ’ |
| 12 | He turned his lens on a man who came striding through the concourse , his collar turned up , his hat pulled well down . |
| 13 | With the coat-collar of his Burberry turned up , he reminded her of a private eye in a film — she was under surveillance , everything about him accentuated his detailed analysis of her appearance , and she felt a shiver at what it might portend . |
| 14 | ‘ He had his radio turned up . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Stuart 's gon na be quiet all afternoon and all evening until his dad turns up |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He walked more briskly now , still climbing , picking his way fast and carelessly , so that he could keep his face turned up as much as possible to the source of the storm . |