Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] up [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I get a bit dizzy lying down on the bench , like I 'm falling backwards and I got to sit up for a bit .
2 Why should a female want to pair up with a male that already has several females when there are bachelors around ?
3 One retired to Beirut after going bankrupt , one got mixed up in a betting scandal , and the third was convicted of tax-dodging .
4 Did you want to stand up for a minute ?
5 ‘ We 're prepared to accept that you just got caught up in a drug bust .
6 In another incident , workers became caught up in a forest of 50 metre-deep piles supporting a fourstorey office block in Park Lane .
7 Colleagues wept as they told how she planned to meet up with a friend for a two-week walking holiday .
8 One scratchcard in six is expected to come up with a prize between £1 and £100 .
9 Four main conclusions were drawn : first , war was a senseless act , which could never be a rational tool of state policy ; secondly , the 1914–18 war had been the result of leaders becoming caught up in a set of processes that no one could control ; thirdly , the causes of the war lay in misunderstandings between leaders and in the lack of democratic accountability within the states involved ; and fourthly , the underlying tensions which had provided the rationale for the conflict could be removed by the spread of statehood and democracy .
10 Sun Microsystems Inc worshipper Integrix Inc has come up with a keyboard called the S5+ that incorporates the functionality of Sun 's new Type 5 but can also be used with all Suns , Sun compatibles and PCs .
11 The research , entirely funded by a charity , Quest for a Test for Cancer , has come up with a way of determining exactly how much stain the DNA has taken up .
12 In recent times it was feared that Venice was sinking , but modern engineering has come up with a way of pumping water from the mainland to boost the underground water base on which the city rests .
13 Daniel Galvin in London has come up with a treatment that takes only thirty minutes and rather than causing a dramatic change , it softly camouflages grey hair with a subtle , natural-looking colour .
14 To try to climb out of the hole it is in , Grumman has come up with a plan to turn its F-14 fighter into a ground-attack aircraft .
15 The London based group Centrepoint has come up with a plan to bring together the people needed to get more homes .
16 Almost two years later , the committee has come up with a document , which could be adopted early this month .
17 Never one to avoid controversy , millionaire screenwriter Joe Eszterhas has come up with a scenario even more controversial than the lesbian ice-pick outrage of Basic Instinct .
18 I HAVE burned the midnight oil scanning the arid wastes of computer programming manuals , but at last a publisher has come up with a series of inexpensive , factually sound but palatable titles which aim to introduce the beginner to the fun that can be had with calculators , computers and cassette recorders .
19 It has come up with a series of proposals in conjunction with City solicitors Davies Arnold Cooper which , it says , could enable judgment to be reached in 38 days in an undefended case and 66 days in a defended case .
20 The media are receiving such an informed , dynamic and visually striking group with open arms : from picketing South West Water to protesting in full surf regalia at Parliament , from surfing in gas masks to demonstrating with a huge inflatable turd , the SAS has come up with a series of media-friendly stunts that have caught the headlines .
21 Mountain View , California-based , Network Computing Devices Inc PC-X Division has come up with a $200 software package that lets a personal computer at home or in the field access applications on remote Unix- or VMS-based host computers .
22 After long deliberations , the UIAA 's Alpinism Committee has come up with a draft code of practice which , while largely common sense , has the welcome bonus of strong presumption in favour of conservation .
23 Labour M P's and environment groups are saying tonight that Environment Secretary , Chris Patten has come up with a load of waffle in his three hundred and fifty point plan to rid Britain of pollution ; from Westminster , Des Fahey :
24 While many managers are increasingly concerned at recording unmet need , both how to do it and whether they should at all , he was confident Dorset has come up with a method which makes it a positive experience for staff and service users and , hopefully , avoids potential legal pitfalls .
25 The atmosphere moves from hard bop to cajun crunch and , for once , Billy boy has come up with a record that justifies all the praise that has been heaped on his shoulders .
26 , The UN Secretariat has come up with a figure of $165 billion a year for saving the world 's environment .
27 Uniplex has come up with a standalone electronic mail system called sensibly enough Uniplex Mail , based on the widely used e-mail component of its Business Software and supporting anywhere from four users to hundreds of servers , it says .
28 Now rugby union has come up with a rival
29 One firm has come up with a number of ways to find letterbombs , before they find their target .
30 The Metropolitan Museum has been examining some of its most treasured paintings with the aid of the latest technology , and it has come up with a result which confounds the hitherto accepted history of art .
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