Example sentences of "come up with the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kohler said : ‘ I offered David the chance to come in with me in a partnership but unfortunately he could n't come up with the necessary amount . ’ |
| 2 | Pleat had the chance to follow the same path trod by Terry Venables at Tottenham but could n't come up with the necessary funds for a stake in the struggling First Division outfit . |
| 3 | It is expected that the Home Office will come up with the other half of the sum . |
| 4 | Perhaps John Major , already well into the habit of stealing Labour 's clothes , will come up with the right formula . |
| 5 | ‘ So you think Vargas will come up with the right information ? ’ |
| 6 | There was much competition during the war as to who could come up with the best bomb story , and my mother had a great time telling this one to all the aunties , especially as it was only due to her nagging that I had n't been in my bed at the time . |
| 7 | Mr McEd was acting pretty cagey about it for one thing and , when pressed , would only come up with the reassuring phrases : ‘ Every cloud has a silver lining Ed … ’ or ‘ Do n't worry son , you father 's not such an old fool as he looks … |
| 8 | Asked to paint a mental picture of the typical French intellectual , most people could come up with the significant details . |
| 9 | If a method of collecting evidence is reliable , it means that anybody else using this method , or the same person using it at another time , would come up with the same results . |
| 10 | If you can reduce the pattern to a measurement , then people anywhere in the world will come up with the same result . |
| 11 | Generally and for the most part they 'll come up with the same sum at the end of the day and if I go to two different philosophers and say , erm can you tell me about free will ? |
| 12 | You , dear Ruth , with your successful company , your beauty , your intelligence , how could you let your sensibility come up with the very idea that Maria Luisa 's baby is mine ? ’ |