Example sentences of "turns up [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 A well-known alcoholic who unexpectedly turns up at a cocktail party may inadvertently communicate the fact that his sessions with AA have given him newfound confidence in his self-control .
2 God help the feller who turns up at the factory to work in silk knickers under his overalls , but at Christmas , of course , on a stage , of course , it 's all perfectly all right .
3 One day this long-legged white geek turns up at the court and the two get into an argument .
4 FIRST seen at the King 's Head six years ago , Sheridan Morley 's elegant and civilised entertainment Noel and Gertie now turns up at the Comedy in much revised form .
5 ‘ One of the — the adults turns up at the shop every day , I think .
6 Someone who turns up at an occasion which is known to be an ordeal for him communicates information whether he wishes to or not .
7 The railway will be operating as normal and anyone who turns up on the day can join in the fun .
8 The duty solicitor has to take what turns up on the day and often act immediately , particularly as one of the administrative attractions of the scheme is to help the court clear the daily list .
9 Researchers also wanted to discover how much viewers ' attitudes are affected by the context in which a sexy scene turns up on the home screen — and the timing .
10 When a television crew turns up for a tour of his house and DIY achievements , everything falls apart as he touches it .
11 The drawback is that your expert driver from the London Limousine Company ( SE1 ) only turns up for a minimum of eight hours — a standard feature of chauffeur hire .
12 Although she turns up for the interview her customary peaked-capped urchin self , she is worried that her feminist interpreters will consider her video a sell-out .
13 Thus in the Bathonian stage of the Middle Jurassic , the distinctive genus Flabellothyris turns up along a belt parallel to the present equator ( for example , in Mexico , Morocco and India ) and not to the north or south .
14 It turns up as a footnote in every textbook and training manual .
15 But these comments need to be viewed in conjunction with a new MIND report which paints a different picture , further asserting that whatever turns up in the community is often too little , too late .
16 If Niall turns up in the dock for blowing up redcoats , I 'll feel guilty .
17 And even if Uncle Alan turns up within a month or two , he can hardly complain .
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