Example sentences of "turned up at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Then on Wednesday , hearses from two funeral companies turned up at the morgue to claim the body . |
| 4 | He had a pale face , deep blue eyes , hair darker and straighter than hers , and a mouth which curved and turned up at the corners in an almost feminine way . |
| 5 | Pauline 's wide , full mouth turned up at the corners . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | A stream of visitors turned up at the camp . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | In 1713 , at the election for the City of London ( where the franchise was vested in the liverymen ) , " a great Mob of Weavers and such people " ( who were presumably not enfranchised ) turned up at the Guildhall in support of the Whigs , and " made a disturbance and caus 'd much fighting and quarrelling " , although the four Tory candidates eventually carried the day , " notwithstanding the Rabble " . |
| 13 | 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 ? |
| 14 | Only 2,222 turned up at the Vic for the 3–1 win against Exeter on Tuesday well below the average attendance for the season , 3,500 . |
| 15 | It just so happened that Mandy turned up at the afternoon surgery . |
| 16 | The opening day of the trial was to be devoted to legal arguments and Mr Beltrami , Moira , Meehan and myself turned up at the Courts of Justice to hear them . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Clad in a heavy military-style trench coat , turned up at the collar , he had a waterproof hat rammed down over his forehead . |
| 20 | 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 ] . |
| 21 | Ms Daniels turned up at the Vines Hotel , Lime Street in regal robes leading the Peter Walker shire horses Majestic and Surprise . |
| 22 | He wore a tight khaki shirt , buttoned at the neck , and threadbare army denims turned up at the bottom . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | James turned up at the docks expecting a luxury liner , only to find a cargo ship and a deck-hand 's job waiting for him . |
| 25 | ‘ But only because when we turned up at the solicitor 's to work out the marriage settlement — her idea , not mine — she realised for the first time that I was n't as rich as she thought . |
| 26 | ‘ There was the time I turned up at the Arts Lab ( first and last time ) to see the Dylan film and could n't afford it . |
| 27 | Women with stiff-brimmed panama hats turned up at the side and pinned with giant rosettes . |
| 28 | Investing in a jump suit and hard hat Della turned up at the aerodrome and took to the skies in a plane |
| 29 | It had been Marcus who turned up at the Evans house on Saturday afternoon when Pascoe was there . |
| 30 | Carrie was hard put to it and she had little time to talk with him , but it was not long before Billy turned up at the cafe eager to see his friend and Carrie directed him into the back room . |