Example sentences of "[vb infin] up [prep] [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't give up at the first mistake ; ask God to forgive you and help you to start all over again . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've made some contacts that I can follow up over the next couple of weeks . |
| 3 | ( A couple of drunks do eventually square up in the third base bleachers , but by Stamford Bridge standards it is almost a mating ritual ) . |
| 4 | These feelings can build up into the next repeat of the same interchange . |
| 5 | I could double up on the first hit and get better odds . ’ |
| 6 | But young couples are often surprised , even shocked , by the ferocity of the rows that can suddenly blow up in the first year or two of marriage . |
| 7 | Now let's move up to the next port of call , which is Station . |
| 8 | ‘ How did you meet up in the first place ? |
| 9 | Two more previews to go , and then , at seven o'clock on the Thursday ( early so that the critics could get their copy in ) , the curtain would go up on the first night proper of The Hooded Owl . |
| 10 | The inspector was pleased to receive that , noting the fact that we had a , a drop in our work output but expected that , that would go up in the next year or two . |
| 11 | Government policies are so short-term that by the time the recession is over , the country 's industrial base will have been destroyed , and we could end up with a Third World economy . |
| 12 | It 's possible , mathematically , that Hartlepool will end up in the Second Division next season . |
| 13 | They can make a decent case that economic growth will pick up in the second half of the year . |
| 14 | In due course ( usually about the end of January ) such Bills will come up for a second reading , i.e. they will appear again on the order paper for consideration during private business , the first item on the Houses ' agenda after prayers , usually 2.35 to 2.40 or 2.45 p.m . |
| 15 | I said well I 'm gon na come up in the next hour and I wan na |
| 16 | The first 15 overs yielded only 30 and the 100 did not come up until the 35th over . |
| 17 | They were pale Reds who did not wake up until the second half . |
| 18 | Angry with Nutty for her pigheadedness and superior airs , Nails did not turn up for the next swimming lesson . |
| 19 | Paulos is admirable on the nature of coincidence — the inevitability of improbable events — on the logic of gambling in its various forms from coin-tossing to the Stock Exchange ; the Gambler 's Fallacy ( the belief that when a coin has landed heads several times over , there is an increased probability that tails will turn up on the next throw ) ; Pascal 's wager ; Condorcet 's paradox ; the prisoner 's dilemma . |