Example sentences of "[vb infin] up [prep] [art] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it could bring its cost-effectiveness nearer the average , it could recruit up to the establishment that the Home Secretary has recommended . ’ |
| 2 | Some caterpillars possess the markings of small venomous snakes and , when approached too closely , will rear up on the branch and wave their fake snake-heads at the attacker . |
| 3 | We 'll tie up on the island and stretch our legs a bit . |
| 4 | I could sidle up to the hi-fi and turn it off , snap on the light-switch and announce quite calmly to all the sycophants here that Luke Denner is nothing more than a callous murderer . |
| 5 | Once inside a gallery , Gina would sidle up to the bowls and shovel large handfuls of nuts or crisps into the pockets of the loose Chinese quilted jacket that she usually wore . |
| 6 | Soon , they would catch up with the sun and obscure it . |
| 7 | Well I do n't know , ha ha have n't you got a position where er as , as we began to , to see last week , there is this radicalization coming in but the , the er i i it 's the peasants who 've moved to the left of the Party , you 're right , that they are inappropriate to this very moderate policy of rent reduction erm a tax on collaborators land is being redistributed and is n't saying right we , i i in the same way that , that Mao was identifying the problem in in , either you , you follow the masses or you , you lead them but , but thereof we are behind them and a sense the Party has got ta recognize that , it 's got ta catch up with the masses and is n't that first paragraph saying look this is the way you should be going , that there are peasants who are redistributing the land and land reform is in effect taking place and that 's what we want to see ? |
| 8 | But do n't hang up on the shares because I reckon they could hit Pounds 4 by Christmas . |
| 9 | There was a girl at work who said she loved the rain — she would dress up in a mac and goloshes and tramp around in the rain just for pleasure . |
| 10 | Just as they are taught other subjects , they should increasingly be taught about such topics as mental handicap so that they do not grow up with the prejudices that their parents may possess . |
| 11 | So I did n't grow up with the idea that I had a poet in the family , by marriage of course . |
| 12 | Even women who were constantly abused as children by fathers , stepfathers , uncles or family ‘ friends ’ can grow up with the idea that they 're somehow guilty themselves . |
| 13 | The danger of allowing opting out would be that the NHS would finish up as a rump and would provide very much a second class service . |
| 14 | We can always finish up at the Boar if things do n't improve . ’ |
| 15 | Make sure that you have the strip white side or you will finish up with no correction and a white covered ball point pen . |
| 16 | So you do n't finish up with a battery that as soon as you 've used it for about a minute , that 's it ca n't get any more |
| 17 | For a party you could prepare all four — and why not finish up with the orange and almond dessert on page 16 . |
| 18 | But give him his due , he does not give up for a scratch or two , and not even a dagger could hold him off for ever . ’ |
| 19 | Forewarned , I do n't even show up at the Institute till gone 11 . |
| 20 | These were a valuable indicator , as they would only show up from a distance if you were ‘ on the line ’ . |
| 21 | It may be that Candida is overabundant , but that this does not show up in the stools because the yeast is attached to the gut wall in some way — perhaps in its hyphal form . |
| 22 | So , if it 's really going to cost me fifty pound the cubic metre to pour concrete and happen to have forty pound the cubic metre , then it 'll show up in the plan that mm , I 'm not doing to well here , because there was n't a big enough allowance . |
| 23 | Then he remembered his mother and Stefan and made himself go back and look up at the bodies till he did n't mind any more . |
| 24 | Wycliffe did not look up from the statements and for some time Sara gave no sign that she had heard ; then she said : ‘ I 've been very stupid . |
| 25 | But I will not look up from the tray until I have it safely landed on the white plastic table . |
| 26 | There is nothing more important than that we should stick up for the system that we have inherited down the ages , and that still has so much to offer the people of our country . " |
| 27 | A good production person must keep up with every development and ideally acquaint the art directors with every one as well . |
| 28 | Then suddenly , when Manson was in the headlines , as popular shows do , they said , we 've got ta keep up with the times and Hawaii Five-O went super psychedelic . |
| 29 | It was then that Teddy realised he could keep up with the love-of-his-life and help Anita and Bob . |
| 30 | The Ferguson 14M1 is a lightweight portable 14in Colour Television which can be moved easily from room to room — so the family can keep up with the soaps whilst you keep your eye on the ball . |