Example sentences of "have [vb pp] up to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With this the criticism of traditional orthodox formulations , which had long been regarded as absolutely central and essential to Christian belief , came on the stage in a new way and ushered in a debate which has continued up to the present . |
| 2 | The Clinton administration has faced up to the fact that NASA 's plans for the space station threatened to swallow the agency whole . |
| 3 | ‘ And Mama has written to say how grateful she is that we 'll be able to see how the old house has stood up to the war and cope with any disasters for her . ’ |
| 4 | No , he 'd gone up to the traffic lights and this cyclist sort of like cycled up , jumped off his bike and wheeled it round the corner so he |
| 5 | He had overshot by fifty yards but , since there was no room to turn , he 'd backed up to the junction in a rapid , snaky line , and picked them up again after ten minutes of anxious-cautious driving — fast on the straights , slow on the bends . |
| 6 | Fatty : We could have turned up to the disco in these ! |
| 7 | Steve would have read her note , waited for her to phone and say she had arrived safely and when she had n't he would have driven up to the north of the island to find her . |
| 8 | ‘ If Gebrec was upset or worried about something and just wanted to be alone to think things over , ’ said Jack , ‘ he might have gone up to the belvedere , or down by the river where we went yesterday to do our painting . ’ |
| 9 | Surely Ashenden would have gone up to the Pay-Out desk immediately , if he 'd been there especially since that was the only time he was going to be in the betting-shop . |
| 10 | Julia flinched as she heard that and wondered how she herself would have stood up to the kind of life Raffaella was describing . |
| 11 | Only a bully could have stood up to the bullying party bureaucracy ; Mr Yeltsin has taken them on at their own game and beaten them . |
| 12 | ‘ Once one has reached forty , one should have faced up to the fact of one 's own death , ’ Richard says . |
| 13 | They seem to have signed up to the work directive from which the measure comes . |
| 14 | Miss Foley was ready to go now and had come up to the desk to clear his out tray . |
| 15 | It was n't just today the boy had come up to the wood but yesterday as well . |
| 16 | They had come up to the Buraimi for the men to look for better opportunities . |
| 17 | But even before the farmers had come up to the market someone had probably met them at the station , because each dealer had a tout — a local man . |
| 18 | We were ready , even to the pitcher of orange juice , bucket of champagne and iced flask of vodka that waited on a table Ellen had carried up to the cockpit . |
| 19 | Erm , who only later realised what he had opened up to the whole of mankind . |
| 20 | Samuel Pipkin , eagerness all over his face , had bounded up to the reading desk , arranged to look identical to that used by Dickens himself in his tours around the country . |
| 21 | Liza could only suppose that , with her husband 's mechanical knowledge , the powers that be had woken up to the fact that he would be more than useful in what she referred to as ‘ an active capacity ’ . |
| 22 | Two men had driven up to the gate in a van containing a 70 kg bomb which they then detonated . |
| 23 | I you see you 're not exceeding what the government is establishing as your target level , you 're falling short of that , and that means that some people will not get services that they would get if you had gone up to the level . |
| 24 | Buck had gone up to the green and marked his ball . |
| 25 | I thought he was following me and other hotel-guests to the shelter , but he was n't ; he had gone up to the roof ‘ to watch it all ’ . |
| 26 | When the food taster had stepped up to the table to perform his normal duties , the T'ang had waved him away and , picking up his chopsticks , had taken the first mouthful himself . |
| 27 | His eyes had flicked up to the top of the small cliff to our left . |
| 28 | Indeed , if the Government had faced up to the reality of BSE earlier and had accepted the Opposition 's proposal for 100 per cent . |
| 29 | Would Mr Lawson then have resisted the temptation to trundle round his Cabinet colleagues , showing off his muscles and boasting that he alone had faced up to the Iron Lady and won ? |
| 30 | Straightening , he turned to Lori , who had gone as white as a sheet , and had backed up to the door like an animal at bay . |