Example sentences of "[verb] up [to-vb] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Possibly the only person ever to have succeeded in upstaging Margaret Thatcher in a photo-opportunity , Katharine lined up to shake the Prime Minister 's hand wearing a T-shirt declaring ‘ 58 per cent Do n't Want Pershing ’ at a Downing Street reception in 1984 . |
| 2 | By now the head has come up to witness the miserable result . |
| 3 | On the other hand , practices whose procedures are well organised and geared up to meet the new deadline will surely benefit from the new regime . |
| 4 | ‘ We had outgrown our present building when the opportunity came up to purchase the adjoining freehold . |
| 5 | A hand came up to rumple the short hair at the back of his head , a gesture that betrayed his momentary awkwardness . |
| 6 | A simple wiring harness can then be made up to bring the eleven anode ( a ) points ( including D18 here ) and the common cathode ( k ) wire to a tag strip , twelve connections in all . |
| 7 | If success follows at the polls , legislative programmes then have to be drawn up to implement the incoming Government 's undertakings . |
| 8 | Thousands turned up to watch the retired steeplechaser go through his paces in the main ring , and Dessie even found time to make a new little friend . |
| 9 | Twenty five years ago a band of motoring enthusiasts who wanted more than rallying or racing teamed up to start the All Wheel Drive Club … |
| 10 | He was a tall , heavily built man , and I had to look up to see the bearded face . |
| 11 | Switch to wavy bullets and go left , get over the blocker and jump up to shoot the fat creature . |
| 12 | Er whereas the County Council have sought to re to er keep vacancies constant , we have said that it is reasonable to seek to plan to keep second homes etcetera as a constant number but what I would term normal vacancies , can be reasonably be expected to go up to maintain the same proportion . |
| 13 | We will be asked why , given the evidence of the time , when EFTA and the east European countries were queueing up to join the tighter Community that was being proposed , we allowed ourselves to be left outside . |
| 14 | Her right hand crept up to cover the lower half of her face , as if to protect it . |
| 15 | ‘ On the Friday night I had stayed up to watch the late film , and at 3.30am I decided that it was n't worthwhile going to bed as I had to be at John 's house at seven o'clock . |
| 16 | But the Royal Navy , which was geared up to fight the Soviet Union rather than a country operating Western weapons , had not reprogrammed the computer to register Exocet as being hostile . |
| 17 | Dad goes off to the gin shop , gallant daughter stays up to put the old soak to bed . ’ |
| 18 | The Truman Administration had already been forced by Congress to end Lend-Lease ; many of the joint boards set up to co-ordinate the Anglo-American war effort were summarily dismantled ; and , although the Combined Policy Committee and the Combined Development Trust survived , the flow of technical information , on which Britain was depending to set up her own atomic establishments , began to dry up . |
| 19 | With only three minutes remaining in their Sharwood 's Irish Senior Cup semi-final clash against Pegasus , Sinead , who had only come on at the start of the second-half , popped up to score the only goal of the game . |
| 20 | Who knows why certain people are called up to join the Prime Mover ? |
| 21 | His misfortune turns out to be a bonus for Portsmouth 's Alan been called up to augment the 17-strong travelling party . |
| 22 | Are you staying up to see the New Year in ? ’ |
| 23 | Belinda 's head flew up to meet the blue onslaught of Tom Russell 's frowning gaze . |
| 24 | Instead of joining up to defeat the many-headed monster I mentioned earlier , today 's record collectors sometimes seem to be their own worst enemies . |
| 25 | The lead group approaching Old Windsor were Horak , Rasmussen , Selvick and Paul Wells plus 3 K2s , Blyth being well back in the next group of four although he pulled up to join the leading group at the lock portage . |
| 26 | Finally , prior to accessing the relational database you must set your DEC Rdb/VMS or ORACLE default database , as appropriate , to whichever database your LIFESPAN Manager has set up to retain the transferred LIFESPAN information . |
| 27 | Both guitars have necks that are properly set to line up with the top of the bridges , and which are set up to give the correct amount of neck relief . |
| 28 | Then , in 1975 and 1976 , the CNAA 's committee for Art and Design , which had been set up to monitor the existing provision , instituted a major review and renewal of approval of well over 100 BA honours courses . |
| 29 | The FRPB has been concerned about the water quality of the River Almond ( Class 3/4 ) for some time and in June 1988 a River Almond Model Study Group was set up to monitor the deteriorating river quality . |
| 30 | A new consultative group , to be set up to oversee the new programme , will include representatives from aid donors , countries possessing tropical forest , NGOs and community organisations . |