Example sentences of "[vb -s] [to-vb] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As er as you can imagine , it 's a very difficult task , nobody wants to go up in the region , it has malaria , it 's dangerous , it 's it Transportation is difficult . |
| 2 | Yeah that was so funny , you know the bit he has to come up to the house to erm has , has to come up to the house |
| 3 | Yeah that was so funny , you know the bit he has to come up to the house to erm has , has to come up to the house |
| 4 | has to come up to the house to talk to him and erm like he sort of opens the door and just shuts it in his face cos he finds out the other bloke 's a prince and he 's just standing there in the rain . |
| 5 | It becomes the subject of countless official reports , inquiries and learned articles , and it starts to crop up in the soaps . |
| 6 | The example of the police radios shows the relative permanence of being allocated a piece of spectrum — radios and other broadcasting equipment , whether for entertainment or communication , are designed to sort out what it wants to pick up from the rest of the signal . |
| 7 | She says that the duckling loves to snuggle up in the dogs fur . |
| 8 | He needs to sharpen up before the Olympic decathlon trial in Sheffield on June 5 and 6 , when only victory and a points score of 7,850 will guarantee selection . |
| 9 | What , the two er eldest have to wash up and she has to sweep up round the table . |
| 10 | Cascade is not so demure , proffering itself to anyone who cares to look up from the road — an many do . |
| 11 | They buy a cot , a changing table , a convertible buggy/pram , a baby seat to go in the back of the car , a changing mat , a night-light , a sterilizing unit , five large bottles plus teats , five small bottles plus teats , five baby-grows ( newborn size ) , three undervests ( newborn size ) , three pairs of socks ( newborn size ) , a mobile with four fluffy ducks dancing around a clockwork mechanism that plays the Brahms Lullaby , a wallpaper frieze with chickens on it which Paul has to put up in the nursery , a van-sized packet of newborn nappies , a tub of cream to put on the kid 's bottom , a bucket of white emulsion to freshen up the nursery walls , a lampshade with more chickens on it to brighten up the nursery light , a parasol to go on the buggy and a breast pump for expressing milk . |
| 12 | Or , for that matter , what good is it to the teacher who has to keep up with the ins and outs of teaching reading and who needs to diagnose the difficulties of Jason , Amil and Della and then advise a colleague on how to help them ? |
| 13 | I 'm the one who makes sure food gets in one end and I 'm the one who has to clear up at the other . |
| 14 | Does he further agree that the Labour party wants to sign up to the social chapter only in order to regain its power by having beer and sandwiches at No. 10 ? |
| 15 | Her face tilts to look up into the sky where there ought to be stars . |
| 16 | Mariana herself could also be seen as asleep because she refuses to wake up to the probability that her lover will not return . |
| 17 | In another move which shows that the board intends to live up to the word ‘ control ’ in its title , it sent a message to the Dominion Theatre in Tottenham Court Road , where Frank Bruno is playing in Aladdin , to the effect that Bruno will not be able to rub his genie 's lamp and in a puff of smoke reappear in a world title fight . |
| 18 | For instance , a clay mineral with the lovely name montmorillonite tends to break up in the presence of small amounts of an organic molecule with the less-lovely name carboxymethyl cellulose . |
| 19 | The water seems to dry up on the road without getting too far . |
| 20 | When the boat has heeled too far it tries to turn up into the wind and a lot of rudder movement is needed to keep it straight . |
| 21 | Anyone who wishes to hone up on the likes of Cross Keys or Maesteg , not to mention aristocrats like Llanelli , will find a great deal to intrigue and amuse . |
| 22 | I mean , people like me are the sort he expects to end up in the nick , not blokes he 'd invite to one of his do 's . |
| 23 | In Taiwan , though , which likes to keep up with the West , there is a growing feeling that smoking should not be encouraged . |
| 24 | They 've got to keep the passengers occupied so they do n't start worrying about how the plane manages to stay up in the air . ’ |
| 25 | From here the way continues to join up with the car park at the Doagh road forest entrance . |
| 26 | In my pocket I have the key he lent me , but if Jamie is not there I do n't want to sit in the wreckage of his flat till he finally decides to show up from the pub . |
| 27 | European sales accounted for 25% of NCD 's revenues last year — the company expects that figure to rise to 40% this year as Europe begins to catch up with the US in its adoption of X-Windows-based technologies . |
| 28 | When profits fails to come up to the mark , corners may be cut . |
| 29 | When you 've made a physical space — a table and a chair — for your writer-self , you will find that an inner space begins to open up in the imagination . |
| 30 | The figure for ‘ advances ’ begins to tick up as the customer 's borrowing increases . |