Example sentences of "[vb infin] up [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Well obviously that factor er was considered carefully by the Ministry of Defence before our Secretary of State agreed that we could safely defer the in service date for Eurofighter two thousand and adjust the the er replacement plan er back in December ninety two , so we have looked at what is the current rate of consumption of airframe life on the jaguar er what can be done economically and sensibly to keep it flying safely and effectively into the next century and er we have come to the conclusion that we have a viable plan here which can tie up with the planned rate of delivery to service of Eurofighter two thousand .
2 Just as a human baby may draw comfort from sucking a dummy , so occasionally a baby elephant will sidle up to a young female and suck her milkless nipple .
3 She would never catch up with the enormous range of reading which seemed to be taken for granted by Bob and his friends , never .
4 It still exists and it will undoubtedly catch up with the retail price index shortly and go ahead of it from 1994 onwards , as the direct tax burden which is included in the TPI rises faster than the indirect taxes which go into the RPI .
5 I thought I might catch up on a few chores instead .
6 I thought I 'd wait up for the early morning newscast on the radio . ’
7 With patterned fabric , the design must line up across the whole width of the curtain .
8 And in this case we had to align the timber so that a sheet of plasterboard would line up with the projecting wall
9 A host of current Irish League stars who came through the ranks will line up in a special BB challenge match .
10 Equally , seven Yorkshire clubs will line up in the 1992–93 Pilkington Cup competition , two as Yorkshire qualifiers , three as National Division Three qualifiers and two as National Division Two qualifiers not competing in the Yorkshire Cup .
11 ‘ It 's called feminism , ’ said Henry , ‘ and I hope you never get it , because it is absolutely awful and it makes you swell up to an enormous size and when you have it really badly you go round bonking men on the head and blaming them for everything .
12 What I hear , which was straight off the phone last night , is that the Dutch fans will team up with the English fans , and back the English fans on to the beach and they will try and drown a few of the English people and they will throw bombs at them .
13 In more complicated cases or where a larger aircraft is concerned the investigating team can comprise up to a dozen investigators .
14 A DOCTOR and a student will warm up for an Arctic adventure by spending tonight in a seafood freezer .
15 Instead , The Charlatans are using the States to ‘ warm up for the British tour ’ and to break in new songs such as ‘ Rainbow Kisser ’ and another one about ‘ people making other people into gods ’ ( Work that one out folks ! ) .
16 Instead , The Charlatans are using the States to ‘ warm up for the British tour ’ and to break in new songs such as ‘ Rainbow Kisser ’ and another one about ‘ people making other people into gods ’ ( Work that one out folks ! ) .
17 Whatever figure you choose , you can then borrow up to a given multiple of that amount whenever you like , either in a lump sum or in small irregular amounts .
18 She did n't feel up to a zealous dyke conversion .
19 Beauty is often the object of envy by a plain person , yet people whose prettiness as children captivated the adults around them may grow up with a severe disadvantage .
20 He remembers his lonely school days , in assured manner that his son will not grow up in the same way .
21 When all the contributions are joined together we should finish up with a representative item using a piece of apparatus .
22 If you decide to design your own lace pattern , do remember that you must transfer to both left and right rather than in just one direction or you may finish up with a definite bias in your knitting .
23 There we are we all have different ones but we should all finish up with the same answer .
24 Look if I take my hair off I 'm gon na finish up with an old girl with a bloody Zimmer frame .
25 Do n't give up at the first mistake ; ask God to forgive you and help you to start all over again .
26 At the same time let your hands lift up in a semi-circular motion and come down to your sides .
27 I 'd ease up on the hard stuff if I were you .
28 For the fox , use sand or a very light shade of tan ( not too dark or it will not show up on a dark background ) .
29 ‘ You mean if he does n't show up at the right time the opportunity wo n't occur again ? ’
30 I would have tried to ask Dudley Wood , secretary to the RFU , but he did n't show up at the new kit 's launch …
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