Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was due to go up to the Blue Mountains that morning and she started having pains , she said . |
| 2 | The former James Bond star got stagefright only weeks before the curtain was due to go up on the original West End show and made a shock exit . |
| 3 | Fares in other regions are due to go up in May . |
| 4 | Process engineer Lawrence Wan lived up to his name when he achieved a hole-in-one on the Shetland Golf Club course . |
| 5 | If you consistently — and by that I mean once or twice daily — follow this waist plan you will feel and see a definite toning up of the whole line . |
| 6 | Its cause is uncertain — it is also found even if we do not eat then — but it means that it is often possible to catch up on lost sleep by taking a nap at this time . |
| 7 | Fixative was applied between layers to allow a solid build up of pigment . |
| 8 | I think Chris Patten is right to stand up to the Chinese , even though it may make very little difference in the end . |
| 9 | That 's if he 's willing to go up to twenty . |
| 10 | Some church leaders ( and lay people ) are already doing it regularly — guiding individuals in their praying , Bible reading , daily living — others , already over-busy , might well groan at the thought of the faithful queueing up for individual direction . |
| 11 | This has had major impacts on occupational structure and the social make up of the town , on lifestyles , culture and politics . |
| 12 | The most reliable data gives its size as 60cm ( 2″ ) , so do n't consider a tank of less than 4′ , and be prepared to go up to 6′ as the fish matures . |
| 13 | And of course Mr our salesman er he took it up to that big estate and er Mr had got too old to go up to the shooting on the horse you know . |
| 14 | Menem also indicated that Argentina , in return for EC aid and improved trading arrangements , would be prepared to accept up to 300,000 immigrants from the former Eastern bloc over the next three years ; he discussed with EC commissioners the possible arrival of 40,000 immigrants in the short term . |
| 15 | Unless the Government is prepared to come up with some cash there is a real danger that the Dearing vision will be blinded by the dust which the report is rapidly gathering . |
| 16 | The only figure that they have been prepared to come up with is bad enough — the initial cost of all the preparatory work involved in making drawings , hiring expensive barristers to put the Bill through the House , and so on . |
| 17 | For many Arabs the invasion of Kuwait confirmed Saddam as the foremost pan-Arab nationalist leader and the first Arab ruler since Egypt 's Abdel Gamal Nasser who was fully prepared to stand up to the USA . |
| 18 | He genuinely like women , and he liked people who were prepared to stand up for themselves . |
| 19 | These were people who knew how the business worked , understood local markets — and were prepared to stand up for what they knew and believed . |
| 20 | WHAT WE ‘ post ’ feminists need are more men like Tony who are prepared to stand up in their men 's self-help groups — instead of wasting space on the semen-stained women 's page — and acknowledge together that they are basically ‘ sacks of scum ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ Your daddy was terribly brave to stand up to them alone , ’ said Cheryl , in awe . |
| 22 | The shock of the change of circumstances was sufficiently numbing to dampen any inclination to run riot , particularly after the painful build up of events which led to the final arrest . |
| 23 | The girls had always worked quickly and willingly but nothing satisfied Miss Meers and Mrs Dyson seemed afraid to stand up to her . |
| 24 | They are ideal for large breeds , or individuals which have a back ailment of any kind and may find it painful to curl up in a basket . |
| 25 | Then once this morning Fred 's bum was on his blanket and Windy curled up by the side of him . |
| 26 | In this way there was in human history a cumulative build up of knowledge and success in adaptation to the environment which made human beings very quick to adapt to new problems — much more easily and quickly than if they had depended only on genetic transmission . |
| 27 | Still more are the public fed up with escapes which succeed , and they will be appalled to hear from my right hon. Friend that the cost of damage to our prisons last year exceeded £100 million . |
| 28 | I shall not sleep , she told herself , I must not sleep , and shivered in her nightdress on the edge of the single bed , afraid to reach up to the hook for her dressing gown . |
| 29 | Er I mean I , I mean have we really thought this through because er if we 're an anticipating having hundred , hundred and fifty people here which I suppose is of course about what we would hope for , the response that NUPE er as you know they would need to actually achieve the yes vote , I mean we need this sort of room full er would n't it not be more sensible to split up between co or not , would it not be normal for the tutor to expect the group to split up to address specific areas like , I do n't know , Labour Party membership , erm finance , I do n't know , whatever |
| 30 | Just to prove that the Slovenians do not have a monopoly on canoeing competition labels on alcoholic drinks , the French came up with this pleasant number . |