Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] up on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | She blinked at Shiona and half sat up on the bed . |
| 3 | It was exciting to travel up on the night train and to find Granny waiting beside the fire in the hall , as exhilarated by the festivities as any of her grandchildren . |
| 4 | I told them , as I tell alumni wherever I meet them , that the best thing you can do for the University is to remember its strengths , and in your normal professional and daily lives to be prepared to speak up on the University 's behalf when you think it is appropriate . |
| 5 | It is impossible to creep up on the duck , because its 360 degree vision takes in the slightest movement anywhere around it . |
| 6 | A faint glistening showed up on the surface of the carvings . |
| 7 | A little unsporting maybe but then none are likely to end up on the dinnerplate or as a fisherman 's trophy . |
| 8 | Calero said he had never heard of it , except to read about it : ‘ Was that the one we were supposed to blow up on the high seas ? ’ |
| 9 | There is quite a history of individual countries backing a particular group , taking a particular line , and it all ending up on the battlefield . |
| 10 | Sure , they 're all coming up on the bus from Mullingar/Limerick/Cork on Friday for the whole weekend . ’ |
| 11 | We were all lined up on the field at Peobresanskoe … the Winter Palace . |
| 12 | So why does it all bulge up on the side |
| 13 | We played in Los Angeles and New York and it was real good , because they all picked up on the fact that it was different . |
| 14 | With the results showing Labour ten points up on the Tories , he is statistically right . |
| 15 | Northern Ireland people will now be able to check up on the levels of ozone , nitrogen dioxide and sulphur dioxide from data compiled in monitoring stations throughout the province . |
| 16 | RESIDENTS in the Rock Ferry area of Birkenhead will be able to check up on the latest developments in health care at a special health awareness day . |
| 17 | Her early education had been poor because of the misconception amongst her teachers that language ability and intelligence were somehow different facts of a single concept , and it was only in later life , with the help of her husband , that she 'd been able to make up on the intellectual deprivation of those early years . |
| 18 | In addition to checking the canopy lock for security , it is essential to push up on the perspex itself to confirm that the hinges or pins are secure . |
| 19 | Rory Collins pulled the car over to the left , putting two wheels up on the pale grass verge . |
| 20 | HP 's software effort for the new servers included endorsement from a veritable who's-who of mainframe software houses , all eager to stand up on the platform and say that their customers were queueing up to leave the IBM mainframe world behind . |
| 21 | But there can be problems and it is wise to read up on the subject and take professional advice before you make the plunge . |
| 22 | Ordinarily the referee and judge remain on opposite sides of the contestants but sometimes , for example when the latter are circling each other , both end up on the same side . |
| 23 | Oh well that 's alright ended up on the cycle path , you know . |
| 24 | Following a tap penalty Mark Willis and Wilkinson were both held up on the line before McGrath touched down and Mike Robson converted . |
| 25 | ‘ We both ended up on the bench and since neither of us were very happy , we just sat and moaned at each other ! |