Example sentences of "[vb past] up [to-vb] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Possibly the only person ever to have succeeded in upstaging Margaret Thatcher in a photo-opportunity , Katharine lined up to shake the Prime Minister 's hand wearing a T-shirt declaring ‘ 58 per cent Do n't Want Pershing ’ at a Downing Street reception in 1984 . |
| 2 | On the other hand , practices whose procedures are well organised and geared up to meet the new deadline will surely benefit from the new regime . |
| 3 | ‘ We had outgrown our present building when the opportunity came up to purchase the adjoining freehold . |
| 4 | A hand came up to rumple the short hair at the back of his head , a gesture that betrayed his momentary awkwardness . |
| 5 | Thousands turned up to watch the retired steeplechaser go through his paces in the main ring , and Dessie even found time to make a new little friend . |
| 6 | Twenty five years ago a band of motoring enthusiasts who wanted more than rallying or racing teamed up to start the All Wheel Drive Club … |
| 7 | Her right hand crept up to cover the lower half of her face , as if to protect it . |
| 8 | With only three minutes remaining in their Sharwood 's Irish Senior Cup semi-final clash against Pegasus , Sinead , who had only come on at the start of the second-half , popped up to score the only goal of the game . |
| 9 | Belinda 's head flew up to meet the blue onslaught of Tom Russell 's frowning gaze . |
| 10 | The lead group approaching Old Windsor were Horak , Rasmussen , Selvick and Paul Wells plus 3 K2s , Blyth being well back in the next group of four although he pulled up to join the leading group at the lock portage . |
| 11 | And the doctor went up to see the old man and got him put in a hospital and that , in a mental hospital , for six weeks , right . |
| 12 | She felt even sorrier for him with that stammer when he went up to read the first lesson , and had to announce that it came from the eighth chapter of Deuteronomy , a word which took him four goes . |
| 13 | So she goes well she reckons it 'll be a good idea if you went up to meet the little lad , he 's only six , he 's called Mark . |
| 14 | Yet , in spite of everything , David Miller grew up to idolise the old rascal . |
| 15 | Upon this nucleus of troops , the reconstituted 5th Indian Division formed up to hold the infamous Ridge , which they did through Rommel 's critical Alam Halfa offensive at the end of August . |
| 16 | He looked up to see the worried face of William Prime staring down at him . |
| 17 | But no one looked up to see the dead man hanging from a branch near the top of the 30ft conifer , said police . |
| 18 | She stood on tiptoe and reached up to cover the lower part of his face with her hand . |
| 19 | Fascinated despite herself , Fran could only stare as he pulled the shirt free from his trousers and tossed it aside , then stretched up to open the upper casement , his torso backlighted by the lamp in the room . |
| 20 | The demonstration was organised by the South Tyrone Action Committee , set up to oppose the Southern Health Board 's review plans , which could threaten the unit . |
| 21 | Helen Guy of Castlemilk Housing Energy Action , set up to combat the high level of fuel debt in the area , described the anger and despair with which people had reacted to the decision to add VAT to their fuel bills . |
| 22 | A healthy contribution to company profits is coming from Bonded Developments Ltd. , a subsidiary set up to sell the Bonded Machine Worldwide . |
| 23 | Other important measures included ( i ) tax relief for a range of environmental measures ( such as those to combat land degradation ) ; ( ii ) increased tax relief for small businesses and oil exploration ; ( iii ) allocation of additional funds for industrial restructuring ; and ( iv ) increased funds for the Australian Securities Commission , a new body set up to regulate the corporate sector . |
| 24 | The special EP2 Task Force set up to oversee the huge job combined people from both Sellafield and Risley sites . |
| 25 | Meanwhile the company set up to market the Landini marque in the UK has gone and the Italian range has come under the Watveare wing . |
| 26 | The Central Office for Organizing and Discussing the Draft Project for Revising the Constitution , set up to co-ordinate the national debate , held its first meeting in Maputo on March 9 , 1990 . |
| 27 | Management consultant , writer and outstanding mountaineer Alan Blackshaw has been appointed chair of an SNH ‘ task force ’ set up to discuss the sensitive issue of public access in Scotland . |
| 28 | Sydney Possuelo , a strong advocate of Indian rights who has recently been appointed head of Brazil 's Indian agency FUNAI , has put new impetus behind the massive initiative , ‘ Operation Free Jungle ’ , set up to rid the Yanomami land of gold miners . |
| 29 | A UK company was incorporated , which then became the holding company of a company set up to run the Dutch business . |