Example sentences of "[vb infin] up [prep] a [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Teddy can also line up with a party balloon and there 's a heart motif to complete a picture to knit and give with love . |
| 2 | ‘ And to keep that feeling together I will try and make arrangements that we can all team up for a leisure day . ’ |
| 3 | Would she grow up into a street urchin , plimsolls , no socks , grimy tee shirt , with a London accent grating on a nicely-brought-up ear ? |
| 4 | His gouverneur or chief guardian was General Frossard , but it was the wish of the Emperor and Empress that apart from obligatory public appearances , which were confined to a minimum , the child should grow up in a family atmosphere . |
| 5 | A coffin-maker could look up to a funeral furnisher rather than to an undertaker ; an undertaker might have respected the funeral furnisher in as much as he could afford to buy in his coffins ; whereas the funeral furnisher , whilst relying on the coffin-maker , looked down on the undertaker ( Col. 2 ) . |
| 6 | Once the bus stopped , however , he was immediately up and out , using the ten minutes available to sketch in the ingredients of a scene which he would later work up in a hotel room . |
| 7 | And er so er er I said to my friend , like me pals I said , Well look we we have n't been in the Army a year , so we 've got to be in two more years before it comes our turn our turn to be demobilized , so we just might as well sign up for a couple year , get two months leave and twenty quid , because we shall do that if we do n't . |
| 8 | ‘ There are too many people around who think it 's easy to make sandwiches and will set up in a garden shed , almost , ’ said Jim Winship , director of the British Sandwich Association . |
| 9 | Alternatively , ask if you could top up with a repayment loan . |
| 10 | It 's just over 3,300 metres high , so that the top part is snow-covered for much of the year , and the fortunate Sicilians can ride up in a cable car from the warmth of the lower slopes to ski there . |
| 11 | Carrying a firearm in the commission of a crime can attract up to a life sentence . |
| 12 | Ernie , who was employed by him , would go up on a Sun day to feed his stock and unbeknown to Dick Gooding would bring the old mule back with him , hitch him to the hand cart and pull it over to Birling Bank , this went on for some time and poor old Dick knew nothing of these goings on . |
| 13 | Cross a Mafia boss , and you could end up as a protein supplement for Sicilian swine . |
| 14 | It is ironic that the man from Windsor who was nursed back to good health in a London hospital by the woman he later married should end up as a health authority magnate . |
| 15 | You 'll end up with a smack bum . |
| 16 | Even your first flight could end up with a field landing and , if the wheel brake lever is not in the usual position for you , your habits will catch you out as you claw for the non-existent lever in panic . |
| 17 | The gut reaction this morning is we could end up with a bypass scheme at the end of it and no Caernarvon link . |
| 18 | And you will , if you do n't end up with a house fire you may end up with nasty burns or even electric shock . |
| 19 | He spent two sleepless nights worrying that he might end up on a murder charge . |
| 20 | In contrast , the streetwise dealers require quicker money , and may end up in a bucket shop on the Continent . |
| 21 | A time sheet should never end up in a master job file . |
| 22 | He 'd end up in a motorway bridge . |
| 23 | In order to protect the interests of all people with care needs , of all people with dementia , who might end up in a private home , might end up in a voluntary home , might end up in Part 4 or might end up in a health service bed , it is necessary to look across that range of services at the general issues raised and see what can be done constructively in the interests of that total group of people with defined needs . |
| 24 | For the dealers , selling drugs is one way to ensure that they do n't end up in a shanty town . |
| 25 | This family would probably end up in a concentration camp somewhere in Germany . |
| 26 | Our greatest fear is that one of our children will end up in a body bag . |
| 27 | From here you can either continue by cable car to the summit at 9,679 feet and enjoy the panoramic views from the restaurant , or you can walk up through a half-mile tunnel ( with viewing windows at intervals ) to the Schneefernehaus . |
| 28 | Left : This quirky medley of feathers , birds ' eggs , driftwood and skulls shows how even objects you might pick up on a country walk can make attractive — as well as interesting — displays |
| 29 | If it does n't come up with a rescue deal by the summer , these men and women could be reaching the end of their working lives . |
| 30 | SP/32 anticipates adding AIX and HP clients and by the middle of next year will come up with a Unix server model for Sun , IBM , HP , Ultrix and perhaps Alpha OSF/1 . |