Example sentences of "[to-vb] up [prep] an [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But solipsism is intuitively unacceptable ; and nobody seems to be able to come up with an argument from analogy that will do the trick . |
| 2 | Coniston Partners , the New York investment group which holds nearly 12 per cent of UAL , has given the board until January 8 to come up with an alternative to the $6.75billion buyout which failed to take off in October . |
| 3 | This obviously is n't going to come up as an issue for quite a long time , since transcribing this 'll be a long time . |
| 4 | Lucien , however , liked the comparative privacy of the court and , once he 'd become familiar with the routines of the household and felt confident enough to venture around alone , went there often to limber up for an hour before his own breakfast . |
| 5 | ii In an otherwise cautious account of English Juvenile Courts ( 1938 ) Winifred Elkin also gave vent to ‘ the feeling that life has no sure foundations and that the future is utterly uncertain' , believing that ‘ it is not morally healthy for children to grow up in an atmosphere of restlessness and pleasure-seeking … |
| 6 | On his visit to the château and lunch in the mess there , he singled out Charles with his black buttons and strange headdress and commiserated with him for having to put up with an attachment to what he called ‘ These rather superior beings ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ There 's a food company which wants someone to dress up for an advertisement as a giant slice of ham with cheese and tomato between two halves of an enormous bun . ’ |
| 8 | Without a means of preserving the difference between divine and human personality , we are liable to end up with an idea of God as a favourite uncle ! |
| 9 | We retraced our steps and treated ourselves to a rucksack sledge down the corrie , taking great care not to end up with an ice-axe up the bum . |
| 10 | Anyone aged 14–25 is invited to sign up for an audition for the drama project which is due to take place in July . |