Example sentences of "turned up [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was while we were deciding what to do that your policeman turned up with the news . ’ |
| 2 | Sadly , wayward genius GEORGIE BEST , who turned up with The Farm , slickly eluded our lensman and left after about ten minutes to dance his studded boots off at some West End nightclub . |
| 3 | ‘ We were offered a gig at a festival in Denmark , which we did n't know anything about , turned up with the gear , and we were on after BB King , and before Robert Cray , plus Bob Dylan was on later on — definitely not the worst billing we 've ever been on . |
| 4 | Apparently , Fagg turned up as the protégé of one Captain Fanning of the Pioneer Corps , an Irish member of ffeatherstonehaugh 's whom Gooseneck remembers as an occasional visitor and noted practical joker . |
| 5 | It was a show of force which appeared somewhat out of proportion to the 200 or so trade unionists who turned up outside the court . |
| 6 | This is how the world-famous Codex Sinaiticus , a gift to Tsar Alexander III and one of the oldest known Greek bibles , turned up outside the country . |
| 7 | THE audience that turned up for the recital of British violin sonatas was scarcely more than a sprinkling , which made one despair of our unadventurous public . |
| 8 | Two thousand , seven hundred people turned up for the opening session of Object World ‘ 92 in San Francisco a couple of weeks ago , Katy Ring was one of them . |
| 9 | He turned up for the audition with his art teacher , Rose , who he was dating at the time . |
| 10 | Sir Michael was the only person prepared to comment as 50 invited guests , including governors , top BBC management and close colleagues of Sir Michael , turned up for the dinner last night . |
| 11 | Nearly three hundred turned up for the meeting , which was chaired by Lord Bute , and a video link was set up between the Lecture Theatre and the adjacent room to accommodate the overflow . |
| 12 | ‘ I turned up for the interview , amid all these Bond beauties , in my tight black jersey dress on a really hot day , with false nails and false eyelashes sliding down my face , ’ Julie recalls with a smile . |
| 13 | Twenty-six teams turned up for the sporting events which included bowls , mixed netball , darts , 5-a-side football and the ever popular It's-a-Knockout and Superstars events . |
| 14 | He turned up at the dance studio in a pair of very skimpy tight shorts and observing that everyone else was very white and wore towelling track suits , and seeing that he was very tall and very naked , got nervous so went for a walk and smoked a joint . |
| 15 | The family 's maid has told how a dishevelled Spiro stopped her working when she turned up at the home the day after the killings . |
| 16 | Then on Wednesday , hearses from two funeral companies turned up at the morgue to claim the body . |
| 17 | BNP candidate Dr Donald Clarke turned up at the Dolphin Centre to join the town 's three other candidates in a meeting organised by Darlington Environmental Watch . |
| 18 | Only six out of the school 's 260 pupils turned up at the school , and four of them were later picked up by their parents and returned home . |
| 19 | A stream of visitors turned up at the camp . |
| 20 | My brother , now himself in the RAF , turned up at the door of the Met Office one morning , announcing that he had been posted to Bourn . |
| 21 | It was the next day that Lewis turned up at the door of the workshop his tools in a bag and his leather apron over his arm . |
| 22 | I turned up at the Comedy Store here in London one night , petrified , because in those days it was a pretty testing place with a drunk , unruly audience . |
| 23 | When I turned up at the theatre and Terry and I got changed next to each other , I frequently made a point of saying to him , ‘ Well , Terry , has the call come yet ? |
| 24 | It just so happened that Mandy turned up at the afternoon surgery . |
| 25 | The dog , after lapping a little water , went and sat down heavily beside him , eyes turned up at the portrait of itself thoughtfully , perhaps making a critical assessment of it . |
| 26 | He wore a leather beret to conceal his black hair , tinted wrap-around glasses and a coat turned up at the collar which masked the lower half of his face . |
| 27 | Clad in a heavy military-style trench coat , turned up at the collar , he had a waterproof hat rammed down over his forehead . |
| 28 | STAFF AT Lincoln turbine Service Limited turned up at the Moat House Hotel , Aberdeen on 5 December for their five-course Christmas Dinner [ well , who would n't ] . |
| 29 | He wore a tight khaki shirt , buttoned at the neck , and threadbare army denims turned up at the bottom . |
| 30 | About 20 travellers turned up at the court as one of their group , Gary Frost , 28 , father of a year-old daughter , was due to appear from custody . |