Example sentences of "turn [adv prt] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't turn it on there , it were n't turned on at all . |
| 2 | You 've turned up at eight thirty one , you 've missed the training session , because if you turn up late for training sessions , you 'll end up turning up late out there . |
| 3 | At present we 're spending much of our time at the hospital , as a visitor — because our mother 's turned up at last . |
| 4 | Do n't tell me something 's turned up at this stage to stop Cris getting away ? ’ |
| 5 | Marcus could have turned up at any moment . |
| 6 | She knew something , though not all , of his day 's programme : she 'd rung The Randolph at 10.45 p.m. and learned from the tour leader that her husband had not turned up at any point during the day to fulfil his commitments — and that in itself was quite out of character . |
| 7 | That 's where the real problem lies , if you could have had the P A , if you could have gone into the cupboard and got it , even though we 'd turned up at ten past six , |
| 8 | ‘ This has not turned out at all as I envisaged it . |
| 9 | For her , the evening had not turned out at all as she had hoped . |
| 10 | ‘ We included in our budget plans an estimate of seven per cent for the teachers ’ pay settlement and in fact it has turned out at 7.8 per cent . |
| 11 | There was n't a single man who was n't there all spruced up and well turned out at this awkward hour . |
| 12 | Such failures are not only reflected on the score board — Scotland could well have turned round at 16–10 — but also in the morale of the side . |
| 13 | The figure passed , breathing hard , and a few yards ahead turned in at one of the gates . |
| 14 | Once the left engine was turning over at 45 per cent , he switched on the right engine , using the live engine 's generator to save the battery . |
| 15 | As Christmas approaches goods like these are turning up at one day sales , car boot sales and market stalls . |
| 16 | All except Gooseneck , Amiss and one of the girls were in ordinary clothes , and having looked at what was available for breakfast Amiss wondered why they had bothered turning up at all . |
| 17 | and he said you know , he said they have n't been turning up at that chapel for them , when they 've preaching but you did n't crack on they knew anything about that but he just sort of said said no you know remain non-committal . |
| 18 | But his turning up at such an occasion may be an explicit act of communication — a way of saying without words that he can now resist the blandishments of the bar and that his friends and colleagues are to regard him as a reformed character . |
| 19 | Among his worst crimes are not being married , not turning up at milking times and stealing food . ’ |
| 20 | Quite a gesture , turning up at this hour . |
| 21 | Clements turned up at 3.55 . |
| 22 | It was just by chance that I turned up at one of the early meetings of the first lesbian liberation groups in London and found myself involved in the early debates around socialist feminism , radical lesbianism , the Women 's Movement and the sixth demand which named women 's right to a self-defined sexuality . |
| 23 | The result was so spectacular that those of us in the front line who were showered with debris turned up at future games wearing motorbike goggles to protect our eyes and in honour of our hero . |
| 24 | Later confiding that she was surprised that Kiefer turned up at all that day , the same press officer admits she was doubtful about the interview from the off . |
| 25 | By good fortune , the crew turned up at that moment . |
| 26 | Mark turned up at these Sunday classes and despite family differences they soon realised that there was a communion of souls . |
| 27 | Terence turned up at ten to ten with two friends nobody knew , although the threesome set Karen off , reminding her , she giggled , of the tormentors of Fantastic Mister Fox , one fat , one short , one lean . |
| 28 | Well , that Arthur turned up at last and the vicar married them , but afterwards me sister let Arthur know just 'ow she felt , she chucked the whole weddin' cake at 'im , then 'er bokey an' then a full bottle of port . |
| 29 | After the engine turned up at Three Bridges a BR spokesman — skilled at blaming delays on ‘ leaves on the line ’ — explained that lost trains did ‘ occasionally occur ’ . |
| 30 | Problem was I was playing a British Military Police Chief , and I still had my uniform on when I turned up at this place . |