Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] up to [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some kindly English Burma police were with us and whenever the boat tied up to the banks would slip ashore and bring back fruit for us . |
| 2 | He sets a high moral tone , exhorting the journalist to live up to the ideals of truth , decency and justice against the crasser world outside . |
| 3 | An imposing wooden staircase and gallery leads up to the suites which have a bedroom and a sitting area or sitting room , a bathroom , TV and telephone . |
| 4 | Deciding she was crazy , she made her way back to her room , collected her things and was just about to leave when a man carrying a young boy walked up to the doors . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Right on cue , a butterfly flew up to the plants we were looking at and landed ! |
| 7 | If such shafts found within the pyramids do have any significance it is most probably as a passageway for the spirit of the deceased to mount up to the stars . |
| 8 | A bottle of house red lived up to the expectations predicted by the standard of the food — rich and fruity and not recommended for those driving home . |
| 9 | The resulting Act provides the government with the final authority to spend up to the amounts requested in the supply estimates . |
| 10 | For one night at least , one member of the quartet who hijacked the course of popular music lived up to the hopes of those who had waited 23 years for the moment . |
| 11 | It remains to be seen how Taggart 's vision stands up to the floodlights — and the driving rain . |
| 12 | When will the Secretary of State wake up to the realities of public finance in the United Kingdom ? |
| 13 | The impetus for suggesting so major an upheaval came from Coleridge , who felt an increasing sense of obligation to live up to the hopes so clearly implied by the Wedgwood annuity . |
| 14 | You want your audience doped up to the eyeballs in feelgood factor . |
| 15 | Meanwhile the ‘ Lady Mayoress ’ kept gathering up her skirts and hitching up her bosom as ‘ she ’ jumped from the trap in order to dash up to the houses and implant a big kiss on the cheeks of the inhabitants . |
| 16 | The keeper called , ‘ Sue , Sue — come here , ’ and a young leopard came up to the bars and rubbed herself against them while he stroked her back . |
| 17 | Does he believe that , even with massive commitment and dedication , it will be possible for the large number of single-practice GPs in this country to measure up to the demands of the community care programme in 1993 ? |
| 18 | Chopra watched the bird fly up to the heavens . |
| 19 | She saw Adam kneeling erect and motionless , his face turned up to the chains ; his eyes were closed , and fire burned clear and transparent all round him . |