Example sentences of "come up " in BNC.
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| 1 | Come up to the vicarage and I 'll make you a cup of … |
| 2 | ‘ How many times do I have to tell you , Hawkins , my name 's Doctor Streeter , not Miss Streeter ; now come up here and wipe that filth off . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I come up here every day . |
| 4 | I do n't know why we drink so much and come up smelling of roses . |
| 5 | And had the Grandtully folk best come up the glen and join on at Dull ? ’ |
| 6 | If entering a show , you may well find you come up trumps , mainly because you feel so fit and full of life . |
| 7 | Is he wise to say , and make much of it , that people come up and tell him so ? |
| 8 | Newman explains that LET works with big practices of commercial architects because time and time again they come up with the goods , on budget , on time and with none of the tantrums of the prima donna . |
| 9 | I have the gratification , if such it be , that people not infrequently come up to me and say , ‘ Mr Powell , I wish all politicians were like you , ’ to which I reply , ‘ God help you , the place would be a madhouse . ’ |
| 10 | As Gatfield points out , ‘ I ca n't work on a host of acts who I am vaguely interested in , just in case one day they come up with something exciting . |
| 11 | Midway through the film the houselights come up , the screen goes dark . |
| 12 | Out of the darkness beyond the white wall , streaks of fireflies : sudden lines of light matching the projected gashes on the film , which would suddenly stop and the lights come up to make an interval . |
| 13 | Some people in ICI still come up by one functional channel and reach the top , but most emerging people get the management development treatment rather like I did . |
| 14 | Still , I 've been through the trade directory and come up with something a bit more hopeful . |
| 15 | Some have suggested that there are daily rhythms which mirror those of mental performance but which are not as difficult to measure or as prone to interference , and they come up with old standbys , body temperature and adrenalin . |
| 16 | Casualwear pioneer BSCO has crossed jeans with sweatshirt joggers and come up with Sweat Jeans . |
| 17 | ‘ Joining the ERM is not a prize to be given to our partners when they come up to scratch , but a benefit to ourselves if only we would take it , ’ he said . |
| 18 | ‘ Girls come up against an obstacle or two , maybe on tour , and they tend to give way instead of trying to overcome them . ’ |
| 19 | The City will bang a few numbers into its computers , mutter something about sector relative p/e ratios and come up with an answer : yes or no . |
| 20 | ‘ Girls come up against an obstacle or two , maybe on tour , and they tend to give way instead of trying to overcome them . ’ |
| 21 | Charlton 's campaign to return to The Valley has hit a further problem with Greenwich borough council urging the club to revise their redevelopment proposal and come up with measures to protect the environmental needs of residents near the ground . |
| 22 | I can not wait until Christmas come up and we have fun . |
| 23 | I 'd point to phrases like , ‘ I ca n't see anything ’ or ‘ Has the sun come up ? ’ and they 'd look bewildered at me and point and on I 'd go . |
| 24 | Next time you come up with a hypothetical outer limit of inanity , better check with Washington before publishing ; it may already be in effect . |
| 25 | When the stumps only come up to your knees you have to be larger than life . |
| 26 | ‘ Come up here , Phil , ’ called Lee . |
| 27 | ‘ We come up all this way to visit . |
| 28 | I 'll bring it when I come up . ’ |
| 29 | I should give it a miss when you come up north , it 's a bit chilly for that sort of thing , though I could knit you a winter fig leaf . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm a peaceable man but I 'll murder 'em if they come up here with their bulldozers . ’ |