Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] up [prep] a " in BNC.
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1 | It 's our Party and we should not give up without a fight . |
2 | Businessmen should not set up in a market where they will be powerless to enforce their credit terms . |
3 | However the conservationists and oil companies both agree that President Bush must now come up with a viable energy policy . |
4 | A time sheet should never end up in a master job file . |
5 | While what he says may not add up to a warning in the strict disciplinary sense , you should be left in no doubt about where you stand . |
6 | That has already been increased to fou fourteen hundred er you when you 're making your recommendation may or may not come up with a recommendation for a somewhat larger settlement . |
7 | Japan may thus end up with a financial system that is caught halfway between freedom and regulation , and more dangerous than either . |
8 | If you believe that not only will you believe anything , you 'll probably end up as a Doctor of Philosophy . |
9 | If you go wrong with your Reef Knot , you 'll probably end up with a Granny ! |
10 | we 've got a busload here sir , they 'll probably turn up in a cab and ask you to pay for it |
11 | Had Pardy , in a nutshell , just been carried away and thoughtless — which might result in a lesser charge — or had he set out to harm Harriet with such deadly results that this might even finish up as a trial for manslaughter ? |
12 | You 'll likely end up as a male Aunt Nessy . |
13 | I 'm hearing things now that I have not heard in fifteen years that I 've been on this County Council and I would suggest erm to Mr that when he 's talking about things that this County Council ought to print , and I think the one suggestion he came up with is very sensible , he could perhaps follow up with a catalogue of those things which he considers need doing that after a hundred years have not been done . |
14 | Even the Commission , with all its enthusiasm for EMU , could only come up with a potential saving of between 0.1% and 0.5% of the Community 's GDP , and even this did not take into account new costs of changing the ecu into other , non-EC currencies . |
15 | I 'd sooner wind up in a debtors ’ prison ! ’ |
16 | However , he urged the Government to consider taking the ambulance staff 's pay permanently outside the political arena by setting up a pay review body for ambulance staff Mr Clarke replied the NHS could not end up in a situation whereby group after group took industrial action and were rewarded by arbitration bodies . |
17 | ATP could always come up with a few money-spinners in its annual output , but the lavish location and studio work on Whom the Gods Love , Dean 's film on the life of Mozart , irritated board chairman Sir Stephen Courtauld , who began to argue that Dean was doing too much stage work , and had alienated George Formby . |
18 | But not as many as you would have if you were using the treble clef because you 'd probably end up with a lot of lower this is wha , that is n't a particularly good example really because it has n't given a lot of lower notes but normally you 'd expect to see more notes down on these lines . |
19 | You could n't show up in a place like Adam 's Creek without a few questions being asked , Jed knew that , so he 'd dreamed up a story . |
20 | I was to do the counting — up to a hundred ( I could n't count up to a hundred , I had to do it in tens ) and when I opened my eyes he 'd have disappeared . |
21 | The only problem was convincing them they could n't follow up with a New Year 's knees-up a week later . |
22 | But , even if she could find the nerve to admit to her deception , she could n't own up to a thing — Cara was depending on her ! |
23 | Even Nails , Hoomey thought proudly , could n't come up with a better name than that . |
24 | Steven decided that if he could n't come up with a definitive artistic statement to impress the grown-ups , then at least he could impress them with the definitive bank statement . |
25 | I tried to work out why we have more success in the Fourballs than the Foursomes , but I could n't come up with a solution . |
26 | The issue could even boil up to a climax this weekend when Bowe and his voluble manager Rock Newman are due in London to attend the BBC 's Sports Personality of the Year awards programme . |
27 | Although it will take a while to complete a fully working graphics adventure game , the creation is very enjoyable and , who knows , you may even end up with a game that can be sold through the shareware concept . |
28 | It was like being adrift on a warm sea , floating on a slow , swelling tide that would eventually wash up on a sun-kissed beach in little breakers of sparkling foam . |
29 | They would gladly put up with a certain level of pregnancy risk if it meant fewer side effects . |
30 | These were a valuable indicator , as they would only show up from a distance if you were ‘ on the line ’ . |