Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [to-vb] up [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know the old adage that , I mean one of the reasons is it 's so much easier to come up with a scandal , to come with a rats in the basement or something like that and intrigue people , than it is to come up with some , the positive angles . |
| 2 | There was a different rug on the floor but without the fire on it 's much warmer to curl up on a human . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | In other words , the dying mouse is the one most likely to end up in a cat 's stomach . |
| 5 | on long , summer evenings ) and quite another to go up to a girl , even one I had known for years and actually do such a thing . |
| 6 | On May 28th Poland 's parliament threw out the government of Hanna Suchocka by a vote of no confidence and was then unable to come up with a replacement . |
| 7 | Though most merchants say it is too early to come up with a firm idea of the trade , the initial reports on quality suggest some low nitrogens and good bushel weights , at least for the Puffin that seems to predominate at the moment . |
| 8 | IT 'S not too late to sign up for a sponsored step aerobics session at Darlington 's Dolphin Centre later this month . |
| 9 | It is very difficult to come up with a sensible definition of what constitutes an ‘ old project ’ . |
| 10 | You can be too geriatric to stand up in a boat … and you might quiver a bit . |
| 11 | The most serious problems over credit use — sometimes an extreme manifestation of one of the general problems , such as the relationship between ignorance , high-cost credit use , and over-commitment ; sometimes something quite distinct — are too rare to show up in a quantifiable way in a sample survey such as ours . |