Example sentences of "turn up with a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for his new single , ‘ Brothers Gon na Work It Out ’ , the man who gave new meaning to the term ‘ bedroom producer ’ has turned up with a contagious call for unity . |
| 2 | He could n't really complain too much ; not after the time that he 'd run his patrol car into a ditch only three weeks into his new appointment , and the Middlemass girl ( 14 ) had turned up with a chain and towed him out . |
| 3 | The bridesmaid eventually turned up with a tale as long as her arm as to why , which nobody listened to . |
| 4 | With two brothers , he had turned up with a cash bid for House of Fraser . |
| 5 | One day he excelled himself , turning up with a piece of furniture the size of a large sideboard which housed the coveted television set along with a radiogram and a place to keep your records . |
| 6 | A number of unused tickets , from not only the BCR have been turning up with a date in the year 1933 . |
| 7 | Will home helps start turning up with a set of clubs ? |
| 8 | Then , late in the evening , my new friend turned up with a little white pill for each of us . |
| 9 | I studied piano , too , then trombone , but it was n't until someone at school turned up with a guitar which had been ‘ converted ’ into a bass that I really thought about the instrument . |
| 10 | My partner for the event was the marvellous American player Muffin Spencer-Devlin , who turned up with a bag which had ‘ Save the Whales ’ written all over it . |
| 11 | In Brockton , he turned up with a dozen fellow-students to revitalise local politics from the bottom up . |
| 12 | When Little Owl Barbara McGlone married Andrew Hirst , the 23rd Wakefield Ossett Methodist Pack turned up with a flower each and presented the couple with a horseshoe . |
| 13 | There was also Alec , a prison officer from Wormwood Scrubs ( when he 'd given his address and next of kin on a previous camp everyone had thought he was kidding ) ; Ken , who to everyone 's delight turned up with a guitar ( were we really going to sit round a campfire singing ? ) ; and David , an aircraft engineer who after fifteen years in the Scouts could ‘ do wonderful things with ropes ’ . |
| 14 | Yeah , and it was their tradition was it that if one turned up with a dirty |
| 15 | If , if one turned up with a dirty one they have to buy the beer that 's how they used to be . |
| 16 | I was quite surprised , er during the summer I went to my grandson 's school fete and they had a hot air balloon demonstration there and this er , this car turned up with a trailer on the back with , I du n no , probably some name , hot air balloon name on the trailer , I thought oh yes he 's gon na show us how to inflate it and i I was quite amazed from the time he unpacked the balloon to the time it actually took off was only ten minutes . |
| 17 | ‘ I thumped one of them then another turned up with a gun . |
| 18 | Yes , erm , the , the most archetypal one is , is the miser of course , who , who turns up with a stale box of chocolates and an ingratiating smile , and proceeds to eat you out of house and home , and then when you 're at the supermarket , disappears mysteriously at the checkout , and returns when you 've paid with a , a bumper bag a crisps that he keeps in his bedroom when , in case he gets peckish at night . |
| 19 | ‘ When my kid brother turns up with a blonde blue-eyed actress on his arm , and apparently engaged , I 'm naturally inclined to think the worst , ’ he told her , scarcely moving his lips . |
| 20 | Better to turn up with a single flower . |
| 21 | She wrote to him quite sharply , not caring who read her letter , that : — it is impossible for me to post a gun as you ought to know you foolish man for what would the post office officials think were I to turn up with a gun to send ? |
| 22 | If she had to take her own reading things she ought to start collecting them now , whereas if they supplied them it would be embarrassing to turn up with a bag of newspapers , as if you did n't know how to behave . |
| 23 | The copycat cowboys even managed to turn up with a beautiful pardner by both their sides . |
| 24 | I know that some people look a bit surprised if you turn up with a bottle , but others are disappointed if you do n't . |
| 25 | And there 's a fascinating article in this , the current edition , the January edition it is now , because they go so far in advance , of She magazine , which says that er , it 's a desperate plight sometimes , when you have people coming for Christmas who fall into several categories like lazy slobs , who do absolutely nothing , and misers , who turn up with a stale box of chocolates , and never take you out for a meal in return for your hospitality , and the amorous couples who er , embarrass you by er , er , noisily retiring to their bedroom , if I may put it that way , and then the guests who turn up in mid-row , and bicker systematically over the whole of the festive period . |
| 26 | Let It Rock did unbelievably good business Friday night or Saturday morning a lorry would turn up with a delivery of creepers — the very things that enticed me into the shop in the first place . |
| 27 | The success of modestly-priced courses such as East Horton and the increasing popularity of driving ranges , where anyone can turn up with a three wood and a five iron and whack a basket of balls for just a few pounds , shows that golf can still thrive in the recession — if the price is right . |
| 28 | Ironically , SunSoft , whose now got Mac/Next designer Bud Tribble working for it ( UX No 388 ) will probably turn up with a more sensible Applesque front-end on Solaris . |
| 29 | At six-thirty he would turn up with a large jug of the club cocktail , for it was a tradition that committee meetings ended with a toast to the club in its own tipple . |
| 30 | He 'll turn up with a three course meal for as many as you care to name and serve it in the comfort of your semi . |