Example sentences of "turn [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He did not turn in at the door of number thirty-seven , however .
2 and after you 've gorged yourself on all the fun and nightlife that Benitses has to offer , you can turn in for the night and leave it all behind .
3 ‘ I thought I 'd turn in for the night . ’
4 I watched him as far as the corner of the curator 's garden , and saw him turn in alongside the hedge .
5 But , all the same , as she remembered those brief moments in the water , she felt her heart turn over with a flip-flop of pleasure .
6 You did n't turn up for a meeting two weeks ago . ’
7 They did , however , provide a good deal of entertainment for the rest of the group and would be missed if they did not turn up for a game .
8 The old man did n't turn up for a week , and then two weeks and then three weeks and everybody was fairly in despair .
9 The event , which is set for Sunday May 6th has extra significance this year , as it coincides with the 20th anniversary of the United States ' twentieth tactical fighter wing being based in Oxfordshire , and master sergeant Bill Fonten is predicting even more crowds will turn up for the day when the U S base throws open its doors .
10 ‘ The Army ought to start asking questions when she does n't turn up for the nest course at the Fort ’ George said hopefully .
11 There were moments when Henry thought she would not turn up for the funeral , so magnificent was she about the whole thing , but as the date approached he noticed she was wearing more and more black jewellery , black scarves , capes , cloaks and jerseys , stockings , blouses and hats .
12 Messrs Shotton and Unsworth did n't turn up for the count .
13 More or less I think it went against the entries because the members just would n't turn up to the meetings .
14 It is part of the players ' contracts that all the semi-finalists must turn up to the function after the World Open title .
15 He did not turn up to the funeral when his friend died , and for me this was sadder than the loss of the vicar who had found peace and hope before he died .
16 Some spoilsports did n't turn up with a teddy , but others more than made up for them .
17 At least you can turn up with a sheet .
18 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 .
19 All the promoters have to do is turn up with the act .
20 I heard him talking on the radio , in which he said he 'd tried several methods of winning on the football pools and in the end decided that the easiest thing to do was to put in the same numbers each week and so he was not exercising any skill in deciding whether one pair of teams were likely to enter into a score draw than another pair , but he just trusted that , say , number thirty seven would turn up as a score draw this week .
21 Newspaper publicity always gave the impression that the school could train anyone from scratch with little or no dance experience so young readers felt that they could just turn up without an appointment and would immediately be seen by this apparently motherly woman called Jennie Tiller .
22 Mind you , not many Mormons would turn up at a Barbican flat at 7.30 clutching two bottles of wine .
23 He would often turn up at the factory in his best suit , get involved in a maintenance problem with his fitter and end up covered in grease .
24 All you have to do is turn up at the address shown between midday and 7pm .
25 All you have to do is turn up at the surgery of the doctor of your choice and ask to be registered .
26 Within 15 minutes or so , Alan Fordham would turn up at the commentary box , ready to resume discussion on the latest of the batch of modern drama texts through which he was picking his way .
27 He would turn up at the Gloucester and Cheltenham festivals , eager to discuss writing projects and agonising over a contracting market .
28 ‘ If those two English lads from Northallerton will turn up at the pics ?
29 I 'm afraid so , I mean a lot of these things , you can have a basic idea , and then your flowers do n't turn up at the markets and all them sort of things , although we 've got a wonderful garden and I 've got quite a lot I can use .
30 When it was wet she would turn up at the cafés with galoshes .
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