Example sentences of "[to-vb] [verb] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | France has had seventeen constitutions since 1789 and , as the figure suggests , seems rather to enjoy drawing up new ones . |
| 2 | Much of discussion at the talks centred on Kuwait 's attempts to continue building up production as Gulf war damage to its oilfields was repaired . |
| 3 | The main stumbling block was a demand by Kuwait to be given freedom to continue building up production to cover a $50 billion bill for the Gulf war and subsequent reconstruction costs . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , much smaller North West neighbour Liverpool is looking to continue building up domestic and regional aviation-related business following its becoming the first local authority-owned airport to transfer from the public to private sector when it was bought by British Aerospace in 1990 . |
| 5 | so 's tonight I 'm a different person cos I 've put make up and I went and got my hair done and I feel different tonight but I do n't feel under pressure that I have to wear make up all the time cos nobody treats me any different whether I 've got make up on or whether |
| 6 | And if you want to wear make up then of course , make up goes over the top of your moisturizer . |
| 7 | Even when I 'm on days I have n't the cash to go gallivanting up West every night . ’ |
| 8 | Ordinary wild plants , it seems , are weedier than crops , but both have a long way to go to catch up with the real pests . |
| 9 | ‘ By the time we get through that little lot , ’ smiled Dr Danie Craven , ‘ at least we will know how bad we are and how far we have to go to catch up . ’ |
| 10 | The birth was on July 1st and at 7 lb 7 oz he 's got a long way to go to catch up to dad . |
| 11 | The Junkers , predictably , wanted none of this and their interests in the government , civil service and the military persuaded the government to continue shoring up the ailing Ost-Elbian estate system through continued tariff protection , artificially high grain prices and a policy of grants and loans . |
| 12 | Her heart seemed to go climbing up inside her chest , but it was n't till Jake 's hand clamped over her mouth again that she realized she 'd been about to scream . |
| 13 | Erm , we had a erm , I had an aunt and uncle , they lived in Southend , and they used to like to come up and perform em , he had a violin and she used to play the piano , and my erm , father did n't really care for the music , but they liked sort of opera and stuff like that |
| 14 | Is n't it a bit short sighted to th to plan to come up against what if you 're right would be a brick wall . |
| 15 | Nor should this be an excuse to try to carve up Genesis to fit a theory — about the evolution of religion or anything else . |
| 16 | Faye began to struggle to sit up , but Belinda forestalled her , relieved that the other woman had n't commented on the tired bags beneath her eyes that even make-up could n't fully conceal . |
| 17 | want to know make up today ! |
| 18 | Nearly fifty years ago Peggy Lucas walked out across an airfield to fly a Spitfire for the first time … now she 's about to come bang up to date with a helicopter . |
| 19 | Nearly fifty years ago Peggy Lucas walked out across an airfield to fly a Spitfire for the first time … now she 's about to come bang up to date with a helicopter . |
| 20 | Although aware of the twentieth century , Poland 's feelings and emotions were trapped in the experience of partition , and it had to struggle to catch up , not just in industrial and economic terms , but socially , artistically and emotionally . |
| 21 | To try to meet up with the real thing . |
| 22 | The answer is that if we find the present state of affairs unsatisfactory , we have an obligation to try to come up with something better . |
| 23 | Mr Consey told The Art Newspaper , ‘ We are going to try to come up with a modified plan whereby overflow parking may be off-site . |
| 24 | It has n't changed but as we said on Friday morning the D of E amongst others have sugg er expressed a view that the panel ought to try to come up with a general location if we can . |
| 25 | Jane Asher has put her creative talents to work to come up with a range of designer cakes that are exclusive to Sainsbury . |
| 26 | and it 's even more noticeable once you go into the , the year twelve , that first twelve months is crucial , if you just kick your heels and do nothing , you 'll find it very very difficult to work to pull up |
| 27 | On the train , however , it was possible to try to catch up on what there was to know about Christabel LaMotte . |
| 28 | He felt himself to be so uneducated that it seemed hopeless even to try to catch up with the ordinary things that people knew . |
| 29 | It would be possible to deduce what will happen to this market if the rival builds a larger plant to try to catch up with your experience and at what level you need to price to try to prevent that . |
| 30 | Just as he had had the nerve to try to pick up the casting director at his first audition , so he had the taste and — in sociological terms — the cheek to seek out the stylish and lovely Nina Bawden , later the novelist . |