Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] up on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This must go up on the wall ! ’ and stick his latest painting up with Sellotape alongside the daubs by the mentally handicapped group she had played for at Christmas , and the postcards from her friends all over the world . |
| 2 | We would say to workers that if there has been penetration or an exchange of bodily fluids , then the subject may crop up on the agenda . ’ |
| 3 | No , you might puke up on the way |
| 4 | It 's J 's birthday on April 2nd & they are having a party ( at last ! ) so I 'll catch up on the news then — they are v. seldom at Gayfield St these days , so I never see them . |
| 5 | We 'll tie up on the island and stretch our legs a bit . |
| 6 | This made it all the harder for the mother to treat the ailing youngster and she might give up on the treatment for this reason . |
| 7 | The maternal words ‘ If you do n't study hard , you 'll end up on the check-out counter at Tesco 's ’ had had , if not the intended effect , the result of causing Camille and her friends to look down on shop assistants , bank clerks and bus drivers : for more recondite reasons of their own they also held in contempt estate and travel agents and people who worked in advertising . |
| 8 | I know what we 'll do ; I 'll go up on the dunes and you hit the bell with your bit of wood and we 'll see if I can hear it . |
| 9 | ‘ We 'll go up on the roof , ’ John said . |
| 10 | We 've been thrilled with this work experience cos was Dave originally had these five days off taping and he said no , he said , you know you 're so tired , have a little rest we 'll go up I 'll go up on the train only to get to the Selhurst Park he 's got four or five train journeys |
| 11 | If there 's insufficient space for the army of fans , many of them might end up on the beaches , which the Italian police have expressly forbidden . |
| 12 | So I said to the organist , whose name was Bobby Page , ‘ I 'll come up on the organ . ’ |
| 13 | Yes , I spoke to Mo Magill , he 'll see us tomorrow morning , we 'll fly up on the shuttle , I do n't know what we 'll get , but … and I 've got a line into St Louis : there 's a thing called the Western Manuscripts collection at UMSL — ghastly word , but they use it themselves , it means University of Missouri-St Louis — that latches on to the papers of operations like CCOAC , and they 've got them . |
| 14 | About half an hour before the return of the aircraft on operational nights we would wake up the duty Met Officer , who was usually snoozing in the ante-room , so that he could mug up on the weather situation before the first of the returning crews came in . |
| 15 | We could go up on the railway sidings . ’ |
| 16 | Unfortunately , puppies in particular may rush out through the door in this situation , often ignoring the visitor , and could end up on the road . |
| 17 | Next day , the clan met out on the shore , where Eachuinn Odhar could stand up on the rocks among his officers , Donald Crubach at his side , and speak to all together . |
| 18 | She said calmly , ‘ Let's go up on the Downs . |
| 19 | Let's go up on the roof . |
| 20 | ‘ We made a pact , that even if we split up , we would meet up on the bridge again one day . |
| 21 | But ‘ it was evidently all she owned ; it was the home she had brought with her from the Fatherland , and would be the home she would set up on the prairie ’ . |
| 22 | I shall ride up on the Norton , ’ he told her , and there was a difficult pause in which she waited for him to suggest she should come up to Liverpool in the New Year . |
| 23 | To add to the stigma of the wicked stage , the men also feared that their daughters would end up on the streets of Paris . |
| 24 | ‘ Well , all the light would end up on the floor ! |
| 25 | Every now and then one of them would stand up on the sofa and trample restlessly round like a dog resettling itself into its sleeping place . |
| 26 | This was principally because he had taken up fire-watching duties there , and once or twice a week he would go up on the roof : he would have heard the sound of the aircraft , and the bursts of shrapnel from the anti-aircraft guns , while all the time scrutinizing the " blacked out " city for the evidence of fires . |
| 27 | Either the salt would sting into a cut or raw spot on my body , bringing back bodily feeling in one fell swoop , or else , from somewhere in the bowels of building , my ears , questing for the remotest of stimuli , would pick up on the sound of a toilet being flushed , or perhaps a trolley banging against a wall . |
| 28 | Some days were better ; she would curl up on the sofa and talk dreamily about their taking a trip to Norway together . |
| 29 | Although he still hoped that one day his dad would turn up on the doorstep , Steven was aware of the reality of the separation . |
| 30 | But this if I may pick up on the point Mr made , how then do you assess the environmental impact of what you 're proposing if you do n't actually know where it 's going to go ? |