Example sentences of "you [am/are] [adj] [verb] up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You are supposed to sit up with a straight back . |
| 2 | Bricks , old tiles , new tiles , quarry tiles , Mexican , French or Spanish tiles , ceramic tiles , slate and even marble facing all look spectacular — provided , of course , that you are prepared to put up with the clattering noise from chairs being pulled up to the table and pushed back . |
| 3 | If you are prepared to tie up at least £1,000 for two years the National & Provincial has launched Security Bond III which currently pays 11.75 per cent net . |
| 4 | Even if no one is around who can confirm a particular incident , if you are able to come up with details of surroundings and personalities of which you had no conscious memory , and if these are later proved to have been accurate , there is no real reason to suppose that a significant event was simply a figment of an over-active imagination . |
| 5 | But , he maintains , if you do n't throw up a lot of worthless ideas you are unlikely to come up with sensible ones either . |
| 6 | The standard of NHS accommodation available to trained staff is variable , and even if you are happy to put up with this in the short term , in the longer term it may have adverse effects on your personal life or hopes of a future career . |
| 7 | Otherwise you are likely to end up with an obese dog , and the resulting complications can lead to heart problems . |
| 8 | Stop anywhere for a few minutes on a summer 's day and you are likely to end up as an unpaid extra in next year 's calendar or on a biscuit tin . |
| 9 | If you are shooting video in a zoo where animals are kept behind bars , you are likely to come up against situations which prove that auto-focus systems are not quite as clever as you are . |
| 10 | If you are planning to build your own conservatory , you are likely to come up against the new Pat N of the Building Regulations . |
| 11 | ‘ Whenever you 're ready to go up into town . |
| 12 | ‘ If thieves have taken to the roads you 're likely to end up with a hole in you like … ’ |