Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pron] up to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The alternatives would seem to be handing General Noriega to the US forces to face trial on drug-trafficking charges , which the Vatican has said it will not do , or giving him up to the new Panamanian Government , which has already declared it ‘ has enough on him to put Noriega away for life ’ . |
| 2 | Naturally we will exercise discretion , but we wish to make the sharing of information normal , rather than leaving it up to the client to make the case for access . |
| 3 | So this poor woman is er anaesthetized , intubated , which is when they put the tube down the throat and connect you up to the life-support machine , and then she 's supposed to be being maintained in her unconscious state with inhalation anaesthesia , in other words they give her er gas and air to breathe to keep her unconscious . |
| 4 | Widnes will open their defence of the Regal Trophy determined to wipe out the Headingley memory and make it up to the fans who travelled over to Yorkshire to support them in that disappointing performance . |
| 5 | After a while he opens his case , takes out a glass vial and holds it up to the light . |
| 6 | They simplified the house , knocking down walls , adding bathrooms , and opening it up to the cool summer breezes from the sea . |
| 7 | He continued to carry her out of the gate to his carriage , and lifted her up to the seat . |
| 8 | Phil was so anxious to get to sea that I was finishing typing my report as we entered the lock , and handed it up to the local officer as the seaward lock gate opened . |
| 9 | They are attempting to cross at Dravograd and give themselves up to the British … |
| 10 | Was n't it time to put aside her fears and insecurities and give herself up to the heady delight of love and passion ? |
| 11 | It would be so easy to give up the battle she 'd been waging against him , simply to lay down her arms and give herself up to the ecstasy of possession . |
| 12 | He was wearing an apron which made him look like a housewife , and tinkering with glass eyes , taking them out of a box and holding them up to the empty sockets of the dead bird , trying to find a matching pair that fitted . |
| 13 | Duncan stood back , against the wall , as Myeloski picked up one of the wooden chairs and pulled it up to the cot . |
| 14 | I became very interested in the trade union movement and my first appointment was as a collector in collecting the union dues and taking them up to the union office . |
| 15 | Somewhere down there he stubbed himself against an ill-defined but hard mass of fact , and brought it up to the surface to examine it . |
| 16 | Irena produced a suit from somewhere — I had nothing appropriate to wear and the Czechs dress up to go out — and on a cold wet evening Miroslav , who once behind his bassoon could n't stop smiling , dragged me in off Red Army Square where I 'd been waiting under an umbrella watching a group of Czech soldiers trying to stand up , and escorted me up to the balcony of the Fucik Hall to watch the performance . |
| 17 | Following the United States invasion of Panama on Dec. 20 to remove Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega from power [ see pp. 37112-13 ] , Noriega on Jan. 3 voluntarily left the papal nunciature , where he had sought refuge , and gave himself up to the US authorities after being persuaded by the papal nuncio , Mgr José Sebastián Laboa , that asylum in a third country was not a viable option . |
| 18 | Now though she stifled that feeling and gave herself up to the joy of being in his arms and hearing how long and how deeply he had loved her . |
| 19 | She loved listening to the well-known tunes , and gave herself up to the beauty of the music . |
| 20 | Her hands stole up his chest , then to his shoulders , and finally she clasped them behind his neck and gave herself up to the pleasure of the kiss . |
| 21 | Having , however , decided upon that course , Fabia felt yet more light-headed , and gave herself up to the pleasure of her walk with Ven . |
| 22 | The feel of him inside her spread warmth through every part of her until her body relaxed completely and gave itself up to the purest pleasure . |
| 23 | He 'd fill it and carry it up to the wood in the blanket . |
| 24 | Replacing the shoebox but leaving the tell-tale sea of marbles , he stood on Vic 's bed and tried , without success , to jump and pull himself up to the small opening . |
| 25 | We 'd obviously , we 'd like to get the agreement of this committee to continue that work and to take it up to the various bodies and consultation . |
| 26 | Just as I was myself going to be killed , the village people managed to save me and take me up to the mountain , but I had lost too much blood and died anyway . |
| 27 | Well I fill the milk churns with the livers and take them up to the shop . |
| 28 | Because Robbie was working , Fen had offered to meet their train and take them up to the manor house . |
| 29 | Now what I want to do in this lecture is to finish off the er introductory part of my , of my remarks and take us up to the point where beginning at twelve o'clock the real part , the real er core of this course begins when we start to look at social theory . |
| 30 | But thanks for the point , and I mean , I 'll make a note of that and take it up to the health authority . |