Example sentences of "[vb pp] up to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was Lucchese 's first shot of a game Newcastle had dominated up to that point , with both Kristensen and Kevin Sheedy having gone close . |
| 2 | Britishers , de Kruif told Lewis , did not get their science and their dollars mixed up to the same extent as Americans . |
| 3 | As she was drugged up to the eyeballs on arrival , she had n't yet gone into shock but they were expecting it and , if she survived , then miracles could be performed . |
| 4 | In the ward you are lying there in pain , drugged up to the eyeballs . |
| 5 | Poor Martha Lamb was having her fourth baby and was probably hustled up to the attic rooms on the floor above out of earshot ; the child , a boy , was born during the night . |
| 6 | He was hustled up to London to have his head cut off with less mercy than we would treat a chicken . |
| 7 | She 's not all the Iron Lady she 's cracked up to be . |
| 8 | He found The Rake 's Progress ‘ perspicacious , witty in spite of its stark drama , and thorough as regards research into the period ’ , but he added that ‘ I 'm afraid it 's not half what it 's cracked up to be . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Contrary to public belief , it 's not all it is cracked up to be , ’ said Whitney , whose first role is opposite Kevin Costner . |
| 10 | The movie also has a strong message : that wealth is n't all it 's cracked up to be . |
| 11 | Each room has a colour TV — ideal for checking out if Italian football is as good as it 's cracked up to be . |
| 12 | That 's because the Premier League is not what it 's cracked up to be . |
| 13 | Discs Look is the allegation that the label is not quite the independent it is cracked up to be , thanks to a distribution deal with Phonogram . |
| 14 | Personally , I do n't believe it is all it 's cracked up to be . |
| 15 | Sun Microsystems Inc took exception to the story we wrote saying the new SparcClassic is n't all it 's cracked up to be because it ca n't hack it as a standalone thanks to Solaris eating up all its disk and internal memory ( UX No 416 ) . |
| 16 | Instead of the MIPS R4000-killer it 's cracked up to be , he thinks it may be only a 30% performance improvement over the 80486 . |
| 17 | The changing leaves and sunny weather turned this storybook tourist destination into everything it is cracked up to be . |
| 18 | " Well , it 's not everything it 's cracked up to be . " |
| 19 | Life is not as glamorous as it is cracked up to be on Tour . |
| 20 | If it is thought that it means that any decision should be taken at the lowest possible level , that unfortunately makes me believe that the concept is not all that it is cracked up to be , and for a number of reasons . |
| 21 | ‘ Do you think AZT is all it 's cracked up to be ? ’ |
| 22 | Or would that be the final admission that everything in Paradise is not what it 's cracked up to be ? |
| 23 | In the adult world he finds success at work and discusses romance , but soon learns that being a grown up is not all that 's it cracked up to be . |
| 24 | ( Eventually these postal workers were to be fined up to £500 for disobeying union orders , while on the same occasion members who had disobeyed strike instructions elsewhere were fined much smaller sums ) . |
| 25 | While McEnroe , who appeared far from visibly insecure , enjoyed watching the following match between compatriots Andre Agassi and Michael Chang , a clearly embarrassed Babcock was left to confirm that if he failed to come to a press conference after his next match — against Goran Ivanisevic tonight — he would be fined up to $10,000 . |
| 26 | Those who do n't take heed should remember that they can be fined up to £400 for ignoring a hosepipe or sprinkler ban , and up to £2,000 for ignoring a drought order . |
| 27 | While agents may be fined up to £5,000 for misleading descriptions , in setting out only the basic details of a property much is lost . |
| 28 | The lack of ‘ teeth ’ in UK restrictive trades practices policy is in stark contrast to both the US ( where executives of colluding companies have been gaoled for conspiracy , in addition to the levying of substantial fines on companies ) , and the EC ( where a firm can be fined up to 10 per cent of its worldwide turnover ) . |
| 29 | Firms are to be fined up to £5000 if they are late filing their accounts with Companies House . |
| 30 | Under the Merchant Shipping Act of 1894 , anyone found damaging a navigation aid or tying up to one can be fined up to £500 , but according to Mr Cooper a fine would be the least of the expense . |