Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] up [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ST IVEL has come up with the first fresh yoghurt range especially made for young appetites . |
| 2 | Then none of this rot about wars and boundaries would have come up in the first place . ’ |
| 3 | Countries opting for soft membership would have to put up with the first , and find substitutes for the second — for instance , by setting ( and hitting ) targets for money-GDP , using both fiscal and monetary policies . |
| 4 | An elderly English lady , with a tendency to pre-war propriety , who told me on the Friday that she was afraid it would all be ‘ another load of pretentious American rubbish ’ , said on Sunday that she had learned to open up for the first time in her life . |
| 5 | Either he left when he discovered the pregnancy , or he had already gone , or the relationship had broken up in the first year or two after having the baby , when he had been unwilling or unable to settle down and take the responsibility . |
| 6 | Yes so why did you say shut up in the first place ? |