Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [verb] up [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is too late for British Telecom to return to its old ways if only because the public now knows that it does not have to put up with a telephone system built for the 1950s . |
| 2 | The ankle muscles were holding the foot in an almost normal position — oblivious to the fact that the joints had nothing to rest on , that this was a classic case of a boy who would normally have ended up with a club foot . |
| 3 | ‘ That 's why we did not get tied up to a long deal before . |
| 4 | Lydia , picturing Hywel 's dark eyes , thought that he 'd probably have put up with a great deal rather than have strangers in his house . |
| 5 | ‘ Now , I sat up in bed last night reading papers because I did n't want to turn up at a meeting unprepared . |
| 6 | You have to know how to keep ahead of this game if you do n't want to wind up in a wooden trenchcoat . |
| 7 | I leave my heating on during the night because I do n't want to get up in a cold flat but people I know try to save their money by living in the cold . ’ |
| 8 | It is an essential part of the composition and , as George put it : ‘ You do n't want to end up with a cushion that resembles a lump of putty . ’ |
| 9 | If those trainers did n't want to end up in a splash they 'd better get out of the way before I … |
| 10 | And apparently Jason Horfitz then said he would n't be passing on the information he had to anybody else as he did n't want to end up in a ditch . ’ |
| 11 | She hoped that he would n't suggest coming up for a coffee ; she did n't think she could rise to a social occasion at this particular moment , so she was thankful to accept her car keys , bid him a hurried , ‘ Safe journey , ’ and close the door again . |
| 12 | Oddly enough , Stirling might well have ended up as a brigadier with an even larger command . |
| 13 | Do n't try to give up at a time when you are already stressed . |
| 14 | That bias towards comfort has meant compromises as far as sporting handling is concerned ; so you do n't have to put up with a jittery ride over poorly made up roads . |
| 15 | So now you do n't have to put up with a two-star performance from ordinary mercury-free batteries , when there is now a new four star alternative . |
| 16 | The way the ground just curled up at the edges until you lost sight of it , we could n't have crept up on a hunk of soya . ’ |
| 17 | I get a lot of help and I 'm very grateful but somehow it does n't seem to add up to a great deal . |
| 18 | We 'd like to release Family as a joint effort with them , if we do n't get signed up to a record company first ! ’ |
| 19 | Wo n't get picked up as a suspected drunk-driver , he 'll look like a rep getting an early start . ’ |
| 20 | Immigrant doctors in Britain may silently have put up with a lot of it in the past , but those born and educated in Britain have every right to expect that they will be judged strictly on merit . |
| 21 | Bourgeois , even liberal , France , would never have given up without a fight . |