Example sentences of "[modal v] come up [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I believe the government should come up with the money outstanding from our pension funds , and then try to recover it themselves .
2 If we want to use up most of our ration of luck in our theory of the origin of intelligence , then we have n't much left over to spend on our theory of the origin of life : we must come up with a theory that makes the origin of life almost inevitable .
3 ‘ If my brother Reg wants to buy them he must come up with the money , but there are a number of interested parties , individuals and consortiums who have expressed a desire to take over the club . ’
4 It calls on all the agencies responsible for their care to join together to tackle the problem — and says the Government must come up with the cash that 's needed .
5 ‘ You must come up in the fall ; it 's beautiful .
6 So I said to the organist , whose name was Bobby Page , ‘ I 'll come up on the organ . ’
7 So erm I imagine they 'll come up during the course of the programme .
8 " No , John , they 'll come up through the front , " said Fielding , his arm on my shoulder now as he steered me across the floor .
9 Ministers are saying , ’ We good fellows will talk together , and we 'll come up with a decision . ’
10 However many you get , and however long they work , there 's no guarantee they 'll come up with a solution at the end .
11 I 'll come up with a topic
12 ‘ If you give a Brit a couple of cans of epoxy , some bits of plywood and a garage , he 'll come up with a boat , ’ says one .
13 Thinks she 'll come up for a break .
14 I 'll come up in a minute and bring you a cup of tea .
15 ‘ Anyone could come up with a story like that once the proof has been destroyed .
16 ‘ It would be great if we could come up with a way of treating some disorders , we could actually make use of cannabis in some way therapeutically , that would be tremendous . ’
17 Mm , so what if could erm , could come up with a policy , that you pay your premiums in , but it covers you for the whole of your life .
18 You never know , television could come up with a lot of money . ’
19 You never know , television could come up with a lot of money . ’
20 Given the inherent uncertainty of moral interpretation in social life , it would be foolish to believe that we could come up with a definition of aggression that would allow us to unambiguously classify , much less measure , instances of aggressive conduct in unfamiliar societies .
21 Of course , like the sentences about the knight , the dragon , and the pineapple , they might form part of a discourse , and if we stretch our imaginations we could come up with a situation in which they do ; but this will not be by virtue of the words so and she , but because of some other information about the context .
22 And it 's a bit like that , and what happens , ’ and they go , went on and explained what happened and why it was interesting , and in particular why , by doing this , you could come up with an X-ray source which can help cure cancer , and can do scans in a way which you ca n't do by other methods .
23 But before anyone could come up with an answer
24 And what happened in eighty three and eighty seven of course was that the local elections take place the Conservative party managers analyzed the results , fed them through the computers and you could come up with the fact that you would , looked like you were set to win a general election .
25 He says Hungary also did n't send a judge — it 's sad no-one could come up with the cash .
26 And furthermore , with the council tax , you could come up against the question of business rating for that .
27 They used to come up with the dredging spoil
28 Oh yes we use cos when you 're dredging , you see when the eels came in the mud , eels always go in the mud in the winter time , you do n't , many eels swirl out , they go in the mud and when you 're dredging and they 're going into the hopper , cos they used to get stunned and they used to swim round right down the top of the water and they used to come up to the side , and if they come up to the side you could have your knife and just come here , cos they were stunned , pick 'em out .
29 And they used to come up to the maintenance workshop
30 There , too , it occurs within divine instructions , not to Joshua , of course , but to his predecessor , Moses : ‘ When the trumpet ’ ( the Hebrew noun there is in fact ‘ ram 's horn ’ , the same word as is used in Joshua 6.5 ) ‘ sounds a long blast , they shall come up to the mountain' ( Exod.
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