Example sentences of "turn up and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To produce the latter the inner coffin was placed on to a width of lead which was then cut so as to be three inches larger all round than the coffin itself ; this was then turned up and tacked to the wood . |
| 2 | There had been a further recent development ; only a couple of days ago Herr Hamnett 's brother , another agreeable young gentleman , had turned up and collected his entire belongings . |
| 3 | If you did n't bother turning up and reading it then that was no p |
| 4 | I 'd been hoping my daughter would be brought to see me at Holloway and was frightened of her turning up and finding me not there . |
| 5 | One of the consortium 's most experienced miners said : ‘ A lot of the lads are in a desperate situation , but they are still turning up and working every hour . |
| 6 | So with it being conference time , we can get lots of companies who are turning up and giving conference presentations , lots of academic types . |
| 7 | The next morning someone from the production office turned up and said , ‘ Please can we have our actor back , ’ and they let me go . |
| 8 | Then one day the main guy who 'd been peeking at us turned up and asked if he could take some pictures of us . |
| 9 | On encoffining , the hood would be unfolded and drawn over the face , the top sheet turned up and tucked in around the neck , if not higher . |
| 10 | ( She did not stay long ; an uncle of hers turned up and took her to live with him in Manchester . ) |
| 11 | Amarabout , a Zaidani , turned up and toured the streets in his Mercedes ; Sulaiman Musbah and his brother and some other Zuwaya went to Benghazi to protest about the irresponsible withdrawal of the police . |
| 12 | Lew Chester , one of the paper 's greatest reporters , turned up and started knocking out his usual classy feature articles . |
| 13 | There , alongside Elsie Oakensen , an amiably ordinary grandmother who told how she was snatched by aliens in Northamptonshire in 1978 , a group of bone fide fruitcakes from the Aetherius Society ( who believe that Jesus and Buddha came to Earth in flying saucers from Venus ) , turned up and did their party turn . |
| 14 | Many of the singers were what we call verpflichtet : they were contracted to do so many performances and they simply turned up and did them . |
| 15 | Broke a few windows and scared everyone shitless until Tyler Beck turned up and cooled him off . |
| 16 | Our depression over Frank 's surprise departure and the loss of the radio deepened when ‘ Trust me ’ Ali turned up and wanted Terry to make a new video . |
| 17 | ‘ You 're unwilling to tell me who 's at the back of all this , so I thought I 'd keep a watch in case anyone turned up and solve the mystery myself . ’ |
| 18 | when the law turned up and arrested him . |
| 19 | As it was everybody was thankfully unhurt , though a scary moment occurred when the AA member turned up and turned out to be none other than an ex-member of THE TREMELOES . |
| 20 | Then he turned up and explained his ideas about bringing electricity to Low Birk Hatt . |
| 21 | Only 365 people turned up and to add insult to injury , the lights had to be turned on in the second half when a storm blew up , plunging the ground into darkness . |
| 22 | Magharba reinforcements from Bishr turned up and camped in a clump of trees a few kilometres west of town . |
| 23 | Joanna , 25 , whom Brian befriended during training sessions at the centre , later turned up and confessed that her disappearance was a hoax . |
| 24 | Then Anwar turned up and stood there watching us work . |
| 25 | Er and this this case the there was a fire in a flat , the chap had gone out to work , we did n't know he 'd gone out to work , so we broke First of all we informed the fire brigade was on the way , we broke down the door , quick look in the flat , best possible way we could look , and the fire brigade turned up and dealt with the flat . |
| 26 | So nice that it would be quite awful if Mr Evans were to turn up and start shouting at him . |
| 27 | Erm all that remains is to say thank you all for taking the trouble to turn up and show an interest in the administration of the society . |
| 28 | If you 're right about him being involved in nefarious activities in Paris , he 's not likely to turn up and expose you . |
| 29 | So she knew where we lived , and I expected her to turn up and claim you . ’ |
| 30 | But how could I have explained my actions to Mum , having promised to turn up and see her ? |