Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] up with the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 After signing up with the health authority at the Brom borough Village Leisure Hotel , venue for an NHS Health at Work conference , Chris went to his first assignment , talking to pupils at nearby Bromborough County Primary School .
2 After coming up with the idea of the specialised oil , Augusto Odone contacted a dozen scientists around the world working on myelin repair .
3 At last the Eastern Bloc nations might have a chance of catching up with the West , and we owe them a debt .
4 No , oh , I mean personally I think it would be better for the United Reformed to join up with the shared pastures instead of joining up with the Methodist because the Methodist have got plenty of churches in their area , have n't they ?
5 He freely admits the increasing extravagance of the average suburban wedding has more to do with keeping up with the girl in the semi next door than sticking to tradition .
6 SCO says it decision was based primarily on Intel Corp 's reported success in catching up with the performance promised by the ACE environment , and that it will re-focus its Open Desktop Unix efforts on the forthcoming P5 80586 part .
7 LANCASHIRE 'S prolific run-scorer Neil Fairbrother ( left ) and Middlesex 's exciting young spinner Phil Tufnell get into the Christmas spirit before joining up with the rest of their England colleagues who fly off on Monday for the winter tour to India .
8 This will prevent the seam from tightening up with the result that it could be shorter than the surrounding fabric .
9 She asked a waiter for another pot , and settled down to catching up with the story of Swan 's life .
10 ‘ Yes , by coming up with the idea for the arms deal and effectively trebling the amount Father would make in the process .
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