Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] up [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | on long , summer evenings ) and quite another to go up to a girl , even one I had known for years and actually do such a thing . |
| 2 | You know the old adage that , I mean one of the reasons is it 's so much easier to come up with a scandal , to come with a rats in the basement or something like that and intrigue people , than it is to come up with some , the positive angles . |
| 3 | They are ideal for large breeds , or individuals which have a back ailment of any kind and may find it painful to curl up in a basket . |
| 4 | Some people find it easier to give up with a friend or a group at work . |
| 5 | ‘ We must be prepared to put up wi' a bit of discomfort , ’ Ernest said . |
| 6 | Overall what stands out from intercity comparisons such as these is that firstly , London 's difficulties are echoed elsewhere , which is comforting since it is generally easier to put up with a problem if you know that others share it . |
| 7 | I think , you know , you say you 've got a month , I think you 're gon na need also to try and find out from your membership as to whether in fact they 're prepared to turn up on a Saturday as well . |
| 8 | Mr Schrodinger informs you that the customer is prepared to pay up to a maximum of £20,000 for the order . |
| 9 | I was fortunate to grow up at a time when imperial measurements were generally used , but science was special in being both imperial and metric . |
| 10 | The islanders were successful in their first sorties , they stole some guns , and they took their first prisoner , one Harry Butt , who seemed glad to give up without a struggle . |
| 11 | If it 's a simple puncture , your tubeless repair kit may get you back on the road again , but if it 's a major rip , or any other sort of fault , the machine 's likely to end up on a trailer . |
| 12 | ‘ If thieves have taken to the roads you 're likely to end up with a hole in you like … ’ |
| 13 | In other words , the dying mouse is the one most likely to end up in a cat 's stomach . |
| 14 | If she had to take her own reading things she ought to start collecting them now , whereas if they supplied them it would be embarrassing to turn up with a bag of newspapers , as if you did n't know how to behave . |
| 15 | After a while , he was able to sit up in a chair , although he was still too weak to walk . |
| 16 | On May 28th Poland 's parliament threw out the government of Hanna Suchocka by a vote of no confidence and was then unable to come up with a replacement . |
| 17 | It notes that if Intel Corp were able to come up with a way to drive 3.8m transistors without frying the chip to a frazzle , Pentium would look pretty good . |
| 18 | Now we will be able to come up with a plan in response to the many issues raised . |
| 19 | In 1982 the Institute of Hydrology carried out trials on the Trannon , and in 1986 was able to come up with a number of constructive lessons to be learned from this sorry story . |
| 20 | This channel might be solid state but the crunch sounds quite natural , and experimenting with the various options on both channels I ca n't imagine many players not being able to come up with a sound which meets their particular requirements . |
| 21 | Even in the ‘ settled ’ areas , where the US and the United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control ( UNFDAC ) have been active , efforts to eradicate opium by crop substitution have run into trouble for one simple reason : in 30 years , no one has been able to come up with a product as lucrative and easy to market as opium . |
| 22 | The pilot , who was later court martialled , was unable to pull up from a dive and ploughed into the ground . |
| 23 | ‘ Thoroughbreds will always be able to catch up in a race over a long distance . |
| 24 | ‘ It is important to grow up in a family environment . |
| 25 | ‘ Perhaps we 'll be able to start up in a shop again , like we did at Silmour Street . ’ |
| 26 | He felt his way across the joists in front of him , got his legs free from the cupboard and was able to get up into a crouch , balancing on a joist , hands just above his head , holding on to rough , undressed wood . |
| 27 | Much of the country was due to wake up to a teeth-chattering 4C ( 39F ) — six degrees lower than average — with ground frost in many parts of the South , Midlands and Scotland . |
| 28 | There was a different rug on the floor but without the fire on it 's much warmer to curl up on a human . |
| 29 | You can be too geriatric to stand up in a boat … and you might quiver a bit . |
| 30 | With the remaining doubters now likely to join the majority , Mrs Thatcher seems certain to end up in a minority of one in opposing the conference . |