Example sentences of "came up [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He described the heap of rubble from which it and the rest of the building had risen and how he and the owner , who came up for weekends , had taken eight years to finish it and turn it into the Mirimar which we now perceived it to be .
2 I came up for air .
3 ‘ It is n't fair , ’ she complained breathlessly , when at last they both came up for air .
4 It was breathed against her lips , as they came up for air , and the erotic fire scorching through her made her dizzy with illicit longing .
5 His kisses were deep and cherishing and hungry , and it was a long time before they eventually came up for air .
6 The lesser charges centred on the unlicensed pistol and stolen car came up for trial on 11th May .
7 After a further six years ' wait ( during which my original proposer and seconder had died and their nominations had been taken up by two ex-captains ) , my name came up for election again , and this time , I was told , the opposition from members , particularly those in the legal profession who were friends of Lord Robertson , was fiercer .
8 When the Danzig Polish Accord came up for ratification , the Nazis ordered that all Polish Harbour Board officers should be replaced by German and Danzig officers .
9 The Treasury and the Ministry were involved in continuous discussions with the Authority 's officials to establish the point from the early 1950s onwards , whenever capital programmes , borrowing limits ( which required ministerial and parliamentary authorisation ) , or depreciation policy came up for discussion .
10 They were lucky when the freehold of the old Aquarium Theatre , opposite Westminster Abbey , came up for sale .
11 When this manuscript came up for sale in London in 1980 , its estimated value was £40,000-£60,000 .
12 ‘ Eventually , I wrote a note and put it through the letter box saying we would love to buy the house if it ever came up for sale . ’
13 Speaking of luck , there 's a colt I want to buy not far from Lexington — came up for sale just when I was thinking of getting in some new blood .
14 When the property came up for sale , for only the second time in its long history , a telegram was despatched to Honora , who was working in London : ‘ Will you invest savings in Plas ? ’
15 One of his wins had qualified him for the National so when he came up for sale at Doncaster , Kempton secured him for 2,000 guineas on behalf of two of his owners who were keen to have a runner in the race .
16 ‘ This one came up for sale , so I grabbed it .
17 They bought half excuse me half of it and they lived in the basement , then the other half came up for sale so Peter bought the whole lot then
18 When the 1927 Cinematograph Act came up for review , there was agreement that the quota had stimulated domestic production and should be renewed , but that the quickie had to go .
19 When the various treaties came up for review ( the Zollverein was made up of over 200 agreements ) , Prussia would often threaten to withdraw if the terms did not suit her .
20 When the permit came up for renewal in 1986 , Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldridge issued a general permit for the drift-netting to continue .
21 When Checkland 's contract came up for renewal , it was renewed only for a token year .
22 At a subsequent meeting an official added that it would be ‘ most unfortunate ’ if the evidence was being heard at the same time as the project 's grant came up for renewal .
23 To pack and process them he needed staff , so our terms stipulated a minimum of two months ' summer work , the understanding being that when contracts came up for renewal , priority would be given to those who had put in most time on the slime-line .
24 The auction house decided to withdraw from the sale when its December 1990 contract with Lord Northampton came up for renewal .
25 In January 1965 he told his ambassador in Washington that at some point before the Atlantic treaty came up for renewal in 1969 , he would end integration of French forces and order all foreign forces to leave French soil .
26 Last season he was getting loads of stick and his contract came up for renewal — when we were in a potential relegation situation .
27 I remember when I was out on the road , I had a particular connection with , we had a motor bike policy , and it was an appalling risk , and it came up for renewal , and er , nobody had take it round the market , and I mean , that that was an idol threat , because nobody in their right mind would want this particular motor and we said , well not if they want to jack up the premium on it , they wanted to jack it up by about thirty or forty per cent , and and the broker was not very happy about this .
28 He came up for coffee , then his car would n't start .
29 However , it certainly raised the temperature when it came up for debate on 12 February last .
30 So you , you came up for retirement what in nineteen
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