Example sentences of "[to-vb] up [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you 'd like to meet up for a drink or something , do give me a call on the above number . |
| 2 | He says Wilfrd Thesiger 's idea of a nice night is to curl up on a rock and eat some fresh camel 's milk . |
| 3 | It was an act familiar to anyone , that is almost everyone , who has suffered from those self-inflicted illnesses that inspire only a feeling of wanting to curl up in a ball and be alone . |
| 4 | Cicely Hamilton commented in the course of a debate with G. K. Chesterton at Queen 's Hall in 1919 : ‘ Do you suppose that forty or fifty years ago a woman would have dared to stand up on a platform and say , without the slightest shame , that she was over thirty and unmarried ? |
| 5 | They do n't wish it to happen , but it becomes an impossibility almost for them to stand up to their rights , and Mr talks about rights and no rights is in abstract and we all know how difficult it is then to stand up as a minority when you 're surrounded by that majority , but I 've had personal representations |
| 6 | The pilot , who was later court martialled , was unable to pull up from a dive and ploughed into the ground . |
| 7 | For political reasons as much as for economic ones , the government needs to come up with a scheme that is simple ( so that its essence can be explained in one sentence ) and seen to be fair ( the duke pays more than the dustman ) . |
| 8 | It will be up to the SMMB to come up with a scheme that is acceptable to them . ’ |
| 9 | How long does it usually take you to come up with a solo that meets the demanding criteria you 've just described ? |
| 10 | Go to a hairdresser , ask him or her to come up with a style that suits you , your hair , your lifestyle , and emerge looking and feeling great . |
| 11 | I 'll try to come up with a part that suits the imagery of the song , and then the tuning seems to suggest itself |
| 12 | We got a call from them recently and , apparently they 've managed to come up with a program that WILL allow for a hundred Lemmings on-screen at once — although they would not be animated to any degree whatsoever . |
| 13 | Basically , the problem is this : due to the sprite limitations of the C64 nobody — as yet — has managed to come up with a routine that would allow more than ten Lemmings on-screen simultaneously . |
| 14 | Even in the ‘ settled ’ areas , where the US and the United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control ( UNFDAC ) have been active , efforts to eradicate opium by crop substitution have run into trouble for one simple reason : in 30 years , no one has been able to come up with a product as lucrative and easy to market as opium . |
| 15 | Why should a female want to pair up with a male that already has several females when there are bachelors around ? |
| 16 | Such projects were popular constructions in the late 1970s and early 1980s , and I am worried that once again the Welsh Office is trying to catch up with a fashion or a phase that has passed . |
| 17 | I 'd like to pick up on a point that er that Roy Donson made also right at the outset of of the discussion and that was that there 's no evidence that local authorities have have faced pressure for development in the countryside . |
| 18 | ‘ He tried to set up as a fridge and freezer engineer , but that did n't work . |
| 19 | He intends to set up as a PR and communications consultant , freelance writer and designer . |
| 20 | Baby Jesus was real poor , so he had to grow up on a farm and that , and when he got bigger he went round with some friends telling everyone about God , and then he died . |
| 21 | Overall what stands out from intercity comparisons such as these is that firstly , London 's difficulties are echoed elsewhere , which is comforting since it is generally easier to put up with a problem if you know that others share it . |
| 22 | Some people find it easier to give up with a friend or a group at work . |
| 23 | And I tried to save up for a car cos my son was in the army . |
| 24 | I think , you know , you say you 've got a month , I think you 're gon na need also to try and find out from your membership as to whether in fact they 're prepared to turn up on a Saturday as well . |
| 25 | But it is not an offence to dress up as a policeman unless the uniform is used for personal gain . |
| 26 | Never mind what they say , luv , if you want to dress up as a woman that 's your business . |
| 27 | In another experiment , Sissons ( 1970 ) arranged for an actor to dress up in a suit and bowler hat and stand on Paddington station , periodically asking people the way to Hyde Park . |
| 28 | It 's easy and it would have been easy for me to get up on a platform or to go into the department and say , look lads , you know , we feel that you 're justified in walking out the door . |
| 29 | Last week , Jarman had n't quite decided whether they were to talk to the audience or simply sleep through the exhibition 's four-day run — ‘ although they 'll be allowed to get up for a pee and lunch , ’ he added generously . |
| 30 | They therefore decided to break up for a while because , Dustin said , ‘ I wanted my fling . |