Example sentences of "to turn up [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had either supported Michael Heseltine in his leadership bid ( ‘ disloyal to dear Mrs Thatcher ’ ) or had failed to turn up to a multitude of constituency functions , wine and cheeses , bring and buys . |
| 2 | A former Grand National jockey charged with burglary and deception has failed to turn up for a court appearance . |
| 3 | A friend failing to turn up for a date may reawaken deep-seated fears of abandonment . |
| 4 | The alarm was raised when she failed to turn up for a meeting with students . |
| 5 | A casual worker who , without good reason , fails to turn up for an assignment which he has accepted is unlikely to be offered assignments in the future . |
| 6 | ‘ Now , I sat up in bed last night reading papers because I did n't want to turn up at a meeting unprepared . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | Well they 're given a time to turn up in a group are n't they ? |