Example sentences of "[noun] turn [adv prt] for [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | Jack 's last game for the Palace first team was on Easter Saturday , 3 April 1926 , when he helped Palace to a 1–1 draw at Gillingham , but 7,000 fans turned up for his Benefit match at Selhurst Park a little over a year later to show their appreciation of as fine a player as ever wore the Palace colours . |
2 | Oldham forward Keith Atkinson , who has broken almost every bone in his body , picked up £6,000 yesterday when 1,588 fans turned up for his testimonial . |
3 | ‘ The lads still at the club are coming from all over the place to turn out for us , and are happy just to play the game . |
4 | My dad blames my mum for the way things turned out for me . |
5 | Almost as many people turned up for me as had for Youngman . |
6 | When the navvies turn up for their wages on a Friday afternoon after a hard week of digging up roads , try presenting them with a handsome bound volume of Gaelic poetry . |
7 | And then what happens when the guy turns up for it , is that 's it 's alright , that 's the wheel there |
8 | While his workmates ran to safety , John turned back for his jacket , and his delay was disastrous . |