Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] up [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What emerges from an examination of the FFYP is that it set a pattern for the Soviet economy that persists up to the present day . |
| 2 | the other the black moment you know th the bit where I I put in the bit where the he broke his leg and the mortgage was gon na be foreclosed on him I mean that builds up to the black moment which is a necessary part of the story and then he got out of it erm because the house relented and showed him where the copper kettle was that was worth the money . |
| 3 | Helen chose a small-patterned carpet that stands up to the combined wear and tear of two dogs , two cats and three children . |
| 4 | This may mean returning it to the dealer or manufacturer , but certainly not incinerating it or throwing it out with other household waste that ends up in a shallow landfill . |
| 5 | But with further tuition in the UK they can move on to full doctor status and for many students the chance to experience life in another country more than makes up for the extra years of study . |
| 6 | The tutorial supplied is excellent and more than makes up for the formal style of the manuals . |
| 7 | But the interesting people she meets more than makes up for the bad ones . |
| 8 | That may be half of what Darren paid for it , but in absolute terms it 's incredibly low depreciation over 40,000 and adds up to an excellent value motoring package . |
| 9 | Dunvegan Castle stands on the edge of the sea , and looks up along the long narrow Loch Dunvegan to the north-west . |
| 10 | Broomfield gets under everyone 's feet , but soldiers on and ends up with a revealing , funny film about the petty power plays and outsize egos of showbiz . |
| 11 | Broomfield gets under everyone 's feet , but soldiers on and ends up with a revealing , funny film about the petty power plays and outsize egos of showbiz . |
| 12 | Director Atom Egoyan weaves sex , censorship and second-hand experience into his theme , and ends up with a reflective movie that 's also both faltering and uncertain |
| 13 | He starts by being a nice little clerk and ends up as a drooling horror-film monster . |
| 14 | Macaulay gets on the wrong plane and ends up in the Big Apple where he books into the palatial Plaza Hotel , much to the suspicion of various flunkies including a camp Tim Curry . |
| 15 | In The Games , he was cast as British milkman Harry Hayes , who takes up athletics for a joke , is spotted by a former champion runner and ends up in an Olympic Marathon . |
| 16 | Although the path at this stage is packed solid with shuffling picnickers , it 's a beautiful little track , especially when it emerges from the gorge and opens up into a wide glen where the Allt Coire a' Mhail tumbles to the Water of Nevis via a narrow and dramatic waterfall . |
| 17 | ‘ The larva of hookworm enters through your skin , usually the sole of your foot , and travels up through the lymphatic system , then going through into your lungs . |
| 18 | Rainbow freezes them all into silence with a daredevil lanecrossing manoeuvre , and pulls up with an intentional lurch in a crowded lay-by . |
| 19 | The road for the tunnel here bears off to the left and rises up along the glorious valley of Aragnouet , half pasture , half pine woods , past a road leading off to another new ski station , at Piau-Engaly . |
| 20 | She was n't sure how she 'd got there : like someone who takes an electric shock from a kitchen implement and winds up on the other side of the room . |
| 21 | GREG CAMPBELL casts an eye over the principal contenders and comes up with a Victorian prop . |
| 22 | ‘ 2 Hell With Common Sense ’ does just what its title urges and comes up with a startling , confident clutch of songs . |
| 23 | Professor Zeitung has delved into Jeffrey Archer 's childhood to explain why he writes the way he does , and comes up with an extraordinary finding — Jeffrey Archer never had a childhood ! |
| 24 | CONTINUING the Cockerton theme set by the Alma , Fountain of the Week digs deep into the flowerbeds of the village green and comes up with an historic geezer . |
| 25 | M56 is not at all prominent , but shows up as a faint patch of light . |
| 26 | When the cup-bearer at last remembers Joseph , he not only proves able to explain God 's message , but comes up with a clear-cut plan of action . |
| 27 | Under the stairs as leads up inside the White Tower , Black Will told us . |