Example sentences of "[verb] up [to-vb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within the quantitative framework , the instances of each variant are usually simply added up to produce a gross sum . |
| 2 | The floaty , translucent , viscose jacket costs £195 ; the gathered skirt , with its lycra waistband which can be rolled up to form a strapless dress , is £169 , and the long overtop costs £105 . |
| 3 | The voice startled him and he spun round , looking up to see a young woman standing there . |
| 4 | But you go to the middle of nowhere and Nicky would look up to see a black cloud on the horizon and ask what it was . |
| 5 | In the house example , we can choose the order in which we see the parts of the building but we surely can not see occluded portions , and we surely can not look up to see a thatched roof — because that 's the kind of roof we want to see — when the roof is tiled . |
| 6 | But despite their superstar status , the band refuse to change their lifestyle and have snubbed the showbiz establishment — turning up to collect a recent award in their pyjamas . |
| 7 | Even worse , opponents ' wives are turning up to keep a beady eye on proceedings . |
| 8 | Nearly 700 BP employees involved in the KG Ethylene Project turned up to enjoy a delicious grill and tasty menu specially prepared for the event . |
| 9 | So many mourners turned up to say a final goodbye to nurse , Sharon Hill , that some had to stand outside Gloucester crematorium for the service . |
| 10 | When she recently appeared at a New York department store to promote a scent , over 5,000 people turned up to catch a precious glimpse of her in the flesh . |
| 11 | When putting the ring together I alternate the segments marked face up then plain face up to create a balanced pattern . |
| 12 | Only five events qualify for inclusion in this study — four individual eruptions , and a series of three closely spaced events in 1902 which together add up to produce a large dust veil . |
| 13 | A priest tells the story of a boy he rescued from poverty who grows up to become a revolutionary leader . |
| 14 | I only ever wanted him to grow up to become a pro-ball player . |
| 15 | Theda gasped , glancing down at her hurting hand and back up to find a malevolent twist in the old lady 's wasted features . |
| 16 | An alternative is to have dentist and patient and make a joke of it , with the dental instruments being a hammer and a pair of pliers and the patient made up to have a large abscess . |
| 17 | In others the high cumulus is breaking up to give a lovely summer evening . |
| 18 | In sharp contrast to her mood , the rain had gone and the clouds were breaking up to reveal a blue sky . |
| 19 | Halfway along he unlocked a garage and let the door slide up to reveal a newish Range Rover . |
| 20 | Many disciplines can be called up to impart a critical perspective , and questions and strategies can be mounted which have use across a wide variety of courses of study . |
| 21 | The existence of some could not be disclosed on security grounds ; others are set up to do a particular job and then wound up . |
| 22 | Operation Osprey has now been set up to tackle a fresh wave … a team of detectives are trying to establish a concrete link between the cases [ Craven is talking against a backcloth of computers ] . |
| 23 | and although it is being set up to promote a rich peasant economy in order to pave the way for Chinese industrialization , that has not been particularly successful either in terms of the level of output and therefore the levels or in terms of inequalities in that one of the , one of the worrying things that comes through , that comes through , despite the tax system there are still very substantial inequalities and i is the promotion of mutual aid a means , a perceived means of reducing or containing those inequalities ? |
| 24 | In the first stage of the transitional period legislation allowing for political parties was to be prepared , and a commission would be set up to draft a new constitution . |
| 25 | Documents-only arbitrations have been set up to provide a simple means of resolving complaints by consumers in a number of industries , such as travel and telephones . |
| 26 | Consequently , some nodal units should be set up to provide a supporting role through downstream activities such as analysis , whilst others act as upstream support by providing a library-type function , in which data relevant to the background of the design , and company practices , reside . |
| 27 | In the early 1980s a government-funded Japanese project was set up to develop a fifth-generation computer . |
| 28 | WOMEN AGAINST WAR IN THE GULF ( WAW-ITG ) was recently set up to build a mass women 's campaign within the wider anti-war movement . |
| 29 | The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and PR Sprays have teamed up to produce a new booklet targeted at people approaching retirement and who believe that retirement means a life as a couch potato in front of the telly . |
| 30 | The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and PR Sprays have teamed up to produce a new booklet targeted at people approaching retirement and who believe that retirement means a life as a couch potato in front of the telly . |