Example sentences of "[to-vb] up [prep] [art] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Colleagues wept as they told how she planned to meet up with a friend for a two-week walking holiday . |
| 2 | It 's a contract which the community is well aware of as the brewer has invited local people to come up with a name for the new pub . |
| 3 | His brief was to come up with a recipe for a high-growth food with cost ( within reason ) no object . |
| 4 | He has n't got much time left to come up with a challenge for 1992 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I shall not sleep , she told herself , I must not sleep , and shivered in her nightdress on the edge of the single bed , afraid to reach up to the hook for her dressing gown . |
| 7 | Fortunately , one or two civil servants realise that the government could build up trouble if it allows a whole generation to grow up with a dislike for nuclear weapons . |
| 8 | ‘ I am sorry to interrupt your cosy chat , Martin , but Daddy 's dying to go up to the bar for a drink and we 've promised to stop by Carolyn Roach 's house later on . ’ |
| 9 | Although you have to put up with the pain for a shorter time , you may not have any real build-up to it — suddenly , strong contractions hit you — so it 's difficult to pace yourself and put into practice the breathing exercises you rehearsed so carefully at antenatal classes . |
| 10 | The recent taunts were against the ‘ quack doctors ’ , ‘ faint hearts ’ and ‘ moaning minnies ’ who allegedly wished to give up on the fight for low inflation and a stable currency . |
| 11 | We have pressed our European colleagues to face up to the need for change . |
| 12 | Beyen argued that in the long term the ‘ sector ’ approach to co-operation would have to face up to the need for an all-embracing ‘ common market ’ reducing all trade barriers between the Six . |
| 13 | Control Data Corp is the latest struggling hardware manufacturer to sign up as a reseller for IBM 's RS/6000 — but so far it is restricting the agreement to Denmark , Norway and Sweden . |
| 14 | Anyone aged 14–25 is invited to sign up for an audition for the drama project which is due to take place in July . |