Example sentences of "[be] [verb] up to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two of them had been at daggers drawn ever since 1183 , and in recent months , as incident followed incident , tension had been building up to a new peak . |
| 2 | The latter had now been built up to a reasonable size with the main mill , a dye house , out buildings , stove , stables , press shop and store houses , as well as the grist mill . |
| 3 | Hold my hand nicely sweetheart , there 's a good girl we 're coming up to a busy road in a minute and it 's dangerous Walk nicely darling , there 's a good girl walk nicely just stand still a minute sweetheart hold my hand Charlotte please hold my hand there 's a good girl . |
| 4 | And I would n't say that we were being fleeced , I mean I , I think we 've always been fleeced up to a certain point but they were always making a loss in the past and |
| 5 | These are linked up to a central control panel which monitors the entire system . |
| 6 | This would enable parcels of instruments to be made up to a given value , type or maturity for sale and thus improve their marketability . |
| 7 | All pipe materials can be painted : copper can be polished up to a fine shine if you like the ship 's engine room effect . |
| 8 | Poorly ventilated and stagnant spaces must be opened up to a constant current of air by the introduction of new ventilation openings as even a vigorous attack of dry rot can be arrested ( but not reduced ) by exposure to fresh air . |
| 9 | Gregory Woods 's remark , quoted at the beginning of this article , suggests , in a rather deliriously utopian , post-Barthes kind of way , that any text can be opened up to a gay interpretation if gay readers decide it to be appropriate — authorial intention is here surrendered in favour of a sort of subcultural authorship , a collective ‘ special thrill ’ , a method of analysis based on a recognition of shared structures of feeling . |
| 10 | Rents needed to be brought up to a realistic level , housing stock modernized , particularly in some of the rundown areas of Kennington , and surplus sold off , without souring relations with his tenants . |
| 11 | Does my hon. Friend agree that the CBI , in Scotland and in the rest of the United Kingdom , is keen to see flexibility in our social standards and would not wish Scotland to be signed up to a social charter restricting the freedom of workers and employers alike , who look forward to continuing to be a magnet for inward investment from Japan and from the rest of the European Community ? |
| 12 | Also , the insurers will not necessarily cover all your customers and those that they do cover may only be covered up to a certain amount . |
| 13 | Larger systems would probably be covered by the initiative where gain one-third of the cost will be covered up to a maximum level of grant of £5,000 . |
| 14 | In the case of a fairly simple system Better Business Service grants would probably be available through Lothian and Edinburgh Enterprise and up to 35 per cent of the costs will be paid up to a maximum grant of £525 can be paid under this scheme . |
| 15 | They were building up to a strong finish with ‘ The Skater 's Waltz ’ and Noreen knew her number would go up next . |
| 16 | To help engender trust and familiarity , the field-worker 's contact in the station was restricted at the beginning to a few hours a shift once a week , gradually being built up to a full shift , including mights , twice a week . |
| 17 | They were shown up to a double room , and Paul stood slackly , wetting his lips . |
| 18 | The show continued until Christmas by which time Mr Smith and Doris realized they were facing up to a new way of life that would challenge them even more than the lean and difficult times of the thirties . |
| 19 | Stalls were set up to a considerable depth on either side of the main road , which swelled out like a sausage shaped balloon for half a mile or so and then closed in again . |
| 20 | Fitted in-car audio/telecommunication equipment is included up to a total value of £500 . |
| 21 | Fitted in-car audio/telecommunication equipment is included up to a total value of £500 . |
| 22 | Fitted in-car audio/telecommunication equipment is included up to a total value of £500 . |
| 23 | This antagonism towards the idea that land is a kind of commodity is linked up to a particular view of history : the older and middle-aged Shetlanders , especially , emphasise the importance of safeguarding agricultural land . |
| 24 | You 're breathtaking , sparkling , your lovely hair is swept up to a glossy oriflamme , you 're a study in black and white , your merry eyes are wonderful . |
| 25 | But the degree of sensitivity on this issue is now such that the emigration of a single Serbian individual or family is blown up to a national crisis . |
| 26 | the anniversary of its incorporation or , if its last return was made up to a different date , the anniversary of that date . |
| 27 | A wing-hair was drawn up to a crackling wood fire and Mrs Gotobed sat in it . |
| 28 | the rocket was projected up to a considerable height and directed to fall somewhere in the London area . |
| 29 | The monkey was wired up to a small computer terminal and was punching away with its leathery fingers at buttons on the keyboard in front of it . |
| 30 | After walking from 9am to 4pm all were invited to a dance at the Assembly Rooms , and the ‘ enlivening sport was kept up to a late hour ’ , according to a newspaper report . |