Example sentences of "check up on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Am I right in saying Women 's Institute , do n't they go round and checking up on sorry erm footpaths ? |
| 2 | The trust my partner and I share gives us the freedom to get on and do things without stopping every ten minutes to check up on each other . |
| 3 | A less exciting but equally innovative characteristic of princely officials was that they now existed in sufficient numbers to be used to check up on one another . |
| 4 | The DTI — the Department of Trade and Industry — started to check up on one or two deals and at the first whiff of them he was away on his toes . |
| 5 | ‘ There 's something I want to check up on first . |
| 6 | maybe Wilko called to check up on another player , or he was returning Souness ' enquiry about Rocky ( saying no ) . |
| 7 | ‘ Dustin called me to check up on some facts and I was able to shed some light on the character he played , ’ Dr O'Connor says modestly . |
| 8 | I went to the store to check up on some things , and saw that eight Kandinskys which I had bought from the widow of Kandinsky 's secretary were missing . |
| 9 | Patrick escaped from the party on the excuse that he needed to check up on some security arrangements . |
| 10 | I mean I 'm no historian , you 'd have to check up on this with my hubby , but as far as I know the Reformation started up North in Europe a guid lang mile away from Rome and the Pope and that , up in the Region of what we now know as Holland , and Germany and Alsace Lorraine . |
| 11 | Whatever the conclusion or result of your check list — write it down — and make sure you make a note about anything you need to check up on later . |
| 12 | Check up on possible sales of raffle tickets . |