Example sentences of "[to-vb] up [prep] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | All systems go , then his father died and he threw in his hand to set up as a GP in Falmouth . ’ |
| 32 | She had built up a good little business in the indoor market-hall and now she and George had amassed enough in the bank to set up on a farm of their own . |
| 33 | She led the way into the communal hall which she personally had taken upon herself to brighten up with a vase of dried flowers and a couple of good , but ancient , rugs which she had picked up for a song at an auction sale . |
| 34 | There was a relationship between Jean Simmons ( then married to Stewart Granger ) and Burton which was so close that he continued embracing her , publicly , after the stroke of midnight one New Year 's Eve , only to look up to a slap in the face from Sybil , who instantly left the party — for New York . |
| 35 | 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 . |
| 36 | ‘ Oh God , Mary ! ’ says McPherson , ‘ Oh God , Mary ! ’ — his voice is breaking with emotion — ‘ Oh God , Mary , I do n't want our kids to grow up in a world like this , with man an enemy to man , and cats crawling all over the books , in a cold water walk-up behind the subway depot . |
| 37 | It 's not unusual for blood pressure to go up as a result of stress , so if you have a high reading at some point , your doctor or midwife might suggest you rest and try to relax for a while before they check it again . |
| 38 | Six miles away , at the mouth of the estuary , the four big transporters , converted specially for the task , lifted one by one from the pad and began to form up in a line across the river . |
| 39 | ‘ We must be prepared to put up wi' a bit of discomfort , ’ Ernest said . |
| 40 | Dogs , on the other hand , have to put up with a range of 1 dioptre all their lives . |
| 41 | ‘ Yes , I am remembering ; and please remember , too , Great-grandmother , that I am not a miss any more ; I am a married woman who has run your house for years and has had to put up with a man of your choosing . ’ |
| 42 | It is said he had to put up with a sofa in the corridor until his identity was revealed . |
| 43 | At football matches or at confrontations at seaside resorts the police have to put up with a lot of abuse . |
| 44 | ‘ I keep imagining this morning that I have — please believe me , Milena , because when we 're married you will have to put up with a lot of this , but I keep imagining that I have lots of little crisp sepia legs . ’ |
| 45 | He conducted himself impeccably , he was open and honest and had to put up with a lot from the press and media . |
| 46 | We had to put up with a succession of dead grannies , occult trivia , psychic charades , aura readings and attempts to probe the future . |
| 47 | ‘ It makes me vomit ’ , she went on , ‘ to think that I am going to have to put up with a load of garbage like you in my school for the next six years . |
| 48 | I do n't buy guitars to put up in a cabinet on the wall . |
| 49 | His body always seems to bulk up after a day like this : he can see increased sponginess around his waist and chest . |
| 50 | The 1930 Act gave the Education Minister power to nominate up to a quarter of the membership of Education Committees in Northern Ireland ( it being understood that the nominees would be clergymen ) ; regulated the membership of School Management Committees ; and required local education authorities to provide Bible instruction in any school if the parents of ten or more children demanded it . |
| 51 | The Windows for Workgroups beta included software to permit a DOS machine to hook up to a Windows for Workgroups network , although only as a client , so it 's safe to assume that the same Workgroup Connection software will find its way into version 6 . |
| 52 | To clear this last hurdle I was forced to queue up outside a shed with a number of soldiers . |
| 53 | On the M40 , our police driver struggles to keep up with a car in the outside lane . |
| 54 | How did you come to land up in a place like this ? ’ |
| 55 | Just to keep fit , or as he said ‘ to warm up for a day at Sekers ’ he swims about three miles each week . |
| 56 | The pot was taller than a man , and a prisoner had to climb up on a table in order to extract a sample with a huge ladle . |
| 57 | Now what were we doing to finish up with a piece like that ? |
| 58 | Only in the Norman and the crusading states , colonized in great measure from the homeland of French feudalism , did one find any attempt to live up to a conception of feudalism as coherent as that of northern France . |
| 59 | He had either supported Michael Heseltine in his leadership bid ( ‘ disloyal to dear Mrs Thatcher ’ ) or had failed to turn up to a multitude of constituency functions , wine and cheeses , bring and buys . |
| 60 | The alarm was raised when she failed to turn up for a meeting with students . |