Example sentences of "[to-vb] up on [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Not to marry , but just to meet up on a regular basis and do nice things together such as walks , long discussions about books and music , that sort of thing . |
2 | It is rare for a dog to jump up on the third occasion . |
3 | I do have to admit , though , that when I 'm working away from home it 's not a case of going out on the town — but going straight to bed to catch up on a good night 's sleep . |
4 | To pick up on an earlier theme , there are two main traditions in penal reform . |
5 | This Spotlight reports on a survey of 94 adults ( defined as people aged 20 or over ) who fell into this category and looks at what — if anything — providers might do to pick up on the original expression of interest . |
6 | If the whites can only hold their form , this may allow us to sneak up on the blind side and pip them both at the death . |
7 | Laura cried , struggling to sit up on the wide leather rear seat of the large car , where she had been so unceremoniously tossed only a moment before . |
8 | San Jose , California-based Cypress Semiconductor Corp claims performance leadership in the Sparc world with its superscalar HyperSparc , but has been less than successful in gaining design wins against the Texas Instruments Inc SuperSparc — and Cypress has now decided to give up on the unequal struggle . |
9 | San Jose , California-based Cypress Semiconductor Corp claims performance leadership in the Sparc world with its superscalar HyperSparc , but has been less than successful in gaining design wins against the Texas Instruments Inc SuperSparc — and Cypress has now decided to give up on the unequal struggle . |
10 | Traffic was beginning to build up on the main road which bypassed Axe , and the sound of one particular car engine could be heard , becoming steadily louder as it approached her part of the lane . |
11 | As Dave suggests , it 's often more use to read up on the natural background of the fish than to read a fishkeeper 's account of breeding it . |
12 | Luckily I managed to warm up on a few business trips ! |
13 | But then the skull starts to grow in a strange , asymmetrical , twisted fashion , so that one eye , for instance the left , moves over the top of the head to finish up on the other side . |
14 | The most useful contribution he could make was to turn up on the right day in the right uniform , cut ribbons , and make cosy speeches . |
15 | Add to these two schizophrenic cats , two bears with what look like severe cases of acne , and several reindeer who are just asking to end up on the wrong side of a roast dinner . |
16 | Note roughly how much you will have to take up on the longer line . |
17 | Her early education had been poor because of the misconception amongst her teachers that language ability and intelligence were somehow different facts of a single concept , and it was only in later life , with the help of her husband , that she 'd been able to make up on the intellectual deprivation of those early years . |
18 | It does n't know for certain , so it simply doubles whatever free space it thinks is left — after all the software is n't psychic and ca n't know what files are going to wind up on the hard disk . |
19 | Here is an easy way to remind yourself to follow up on a mailed document . |