Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [v-ing] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here now is an Arab leader who has shown himself to be capable not only of standing up to the mightiest military force in the world , but also of retaliating . |
| 2 | She asked a waiter for another pot , and settled down to catching up with the story of Swan 's life . |
| 3 | The man in the leather jacket stood on the platform for a moment longer before stepping up into the carriage next to Donna 's . |
| 4 | He gets on with cleaning up behind the bar , while his daughter , Genny takes part . |
| 5 | The problem was often of living up to the construction of masculinity . |
| 6 | It 's large a low level route , sticking to valley bottoms and passes rather to going up on the fells . |
| 7 | They got an extra lot of teasing countryside management in conservation and this is why the countryside 's three most active guardians , the association , the and the Council 's protection of rural England are all strongly against breaking up of the forestry commission and selling off this land . |
| 8 | Perhaps he ought to remember those days and get around to living up to the promise he made to the last Tory conference . |
| 9 | You can compensate for using more time working a really special border and so on by speeding up on the main sections . |
| 10 | His voice is high-pitched and breathless , floating in the back of the mouth , instead of pushing up from the throat and chest . |
| 11 | However , the Junkers , instead of facing up to the industrial , economic and social changes that were sweeping Europe , preferred instead to set about the ruthless suppression of any and every gesture of sympathy for the French revolutionaries , and they took military action against the few tiny peeps of protest that emanated from Pomerania . |
| 12 | She knew that there was one compelling reason why Vitor d'Arcos should visit Praia do Carvoeiro and yet , instead of facing up to the possibility and planning a strategy , she had denied it . |
| 13 | 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 ? |
| 14 | instead of turning up towards the Royal Standard you turn the other way , that comes down past . |
| 15 | Maria lifted a hand to hit him , but he looked so grimly reluctant that her fingers had uncurled before they reached his chest , touching him lightly before moving up to the lock of black hair that had fallen over his tanned brow . |