Example sentences of "[verb] up [prep] [pron] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naturally , the interior of the Cloverleaf lives up to its elegant exterior , with air conditioning , electrically powered leather seats , electric windows and sunroof , six speaker CD system and power steering , all standard equipment . |
| 2 | We look for staff who can be part of our Fun Ship image and work in a team that ensures that our guests have a vacation that lives up to our high standard . |
| 3 | She had clung to the doll tenaciously , until the awful feeling she 'd had once before stole up through her little body from her feet to her head , and the next thing she knew she was lying on the floor with her head in Ma 's lap . |
| 4 | The Grand Trunk Canal promoted by him and his merchant associate Thomas Bently was set afoot in 1766 after the Duke of Bridgewater had already moved the line of his Runcorn cut to meet up at its northern end and complete the joining of the Trent and Mersey . |
| 5 | But it would be an even bigger surprise if Bulls were to slip up in their final game against Dunfermline Barr Electrics . |
| 6 | Gearing up for its worldwide announcement on November 12 , Hewlett-Packard Co has lowered prices on its high-end 3D graphics workstations : the HP 9000 720 CRX-24Z is $25,500 , down from $36,500 — the 3D 720 CRX-24 is $23,400 from $25,400 . |
| 7 | She and Keith moved into a cold , damp flat together when she was pregnant , from which they were moved into a hotel before ending up in her present home , on the outskirts of a sprawling town . |
| 8 | At the age of 20 , Gedge was willing to placate his parents by taking on such a squalid job , but just a few years later , he was more than prepared to stand up to their well-intentioned pressure . |
| 9 | When I finally caught up with my sprinting friend , who was standing innocently taking a swig from his water bottle , the needles on all my body dials were twitching into red . |
| 10 | Jamie and the girl were inches away from me , holding me by an arm each , being bumped into frequently , but my drunkenness had now got to such a state — as the last two quickly consumed pints and an accompanying whisky caught up with my racing bloodstream — that I might as well have been on another planet for all the hope I had of making them understand what I wanted . |
| 11 | so all that writing is actually surrounding your picture is n't it , you 've come up with your sensational picture and then you surround your sensational picture with your writing , I was saying to him with these little sub-headings like trapped , right , cost , holiday , okay which actually keep your reader hooked and make them want to read on . |
| 12 | A charismatic orator and vigorous proponent of liberation theology , with a personal following built up through his consistent championing of the poor and the dispossessed , he had reportedly been regarded in the past by the United States government as a mentally unstable communist , and had survived numerous assassination attempts [ see also pp. 37071-72 ] . |
| 13 | And tonight the orchestra , intrigued by the vibrations they had picked up of something unusual happening this season , gave the entrance a full-bodied flourish of emotional sound , a build-up of chord and melody that culminated with Therese , shimmering , a mass of silver and flashing diamonds , swinging her way down to front stage , smiling , radiant , totally in control , moving quickly , gracefully around her stage guests , a wave of her muff to this one , a kiss blown to that . |
| 14 | So again you 've got to come up with your main heading what kinds of words do you think you 've got to have in your main heading ? |
| 15 | Juanita sits in the kitchen and looks up with her embarrassed half-smile/half-laugh when I bend down and step inside . |
| 16 | Nevertheless he always remained undaunted and could hardly wait for the winding up of his previous effort before starting to plan its successor . |
| 17 | Karl was muffled up in his luxurious overcoat . |
| 18 | curled up with his cuddly blanket , waiting |
| 19 | Auntie Jean 's spare room , in which Mum lay curled up in her pink nightie , her hair unbrushed , had one entire wall made of mirrored cupboards which were stuffed with old but glittering evening dresses from the perfumed days . |
| 20 | But he missed his chance , and spent the next seven years trying to catch up on his lost opportunity . |
| 21 | Most of the third-year students had been back for a month already , desperately trying to catch up with their second-year work . |
| 22 | On his return on 19 November , he hardly had time to catch up with his unfinished business before he was off to Brussels to deliver yet another lecture . |
| 23 | Mr Stanforth was not entirely what she had expected , but neither , she deduced from the covert glances he was using upon her like measuring instruments , was she quite matching up to his preconceived picture of her . |
| 24 | Hollywood executives are hoping Rachel will team up with her past co-star Richard Chamberlain to bring viewers a second helping of the Australia-based story about a priest who falls in love with a married woman . |
| 25 | He was in a flophouse , his coatsleeve wrinkled up above his left elbow and his shirtsleeve ripped away . |
| 26 | By 1966 , the Church was better able to take advantage of the new interest in its separatist stance because it now had a core of Ulstermen who had been converted under Ian Paisley s preaching and who had grown up with his politicized evangelicalism . |
| 27 | And he will be pleasantly surprised to see that only three horses line up against his rising star . |
| 28 | ‘ Possibly because the new ventilation system I 've recently supervised being installed in a factory in one of the Arab Emirates has proved so successful that I have orders for two more , or possibly because I 've just spent four weeks at full stretch in a very hot country with very little relaxation and deserve a holiday — but more probably because I own a majority stockholding in the company I bought cheap and built up to its present eminence , which gives me the position of chairman and managing director and full autonomy in deciding what I do , where I do it and with whom . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ These people tend to take advantage of the trust they have built up with their official hat on . |
| 30 | A chap just turned up with my lost golf clubs . |