Example sentences of "up [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Bully , ’ said Angela , speaking very earnestly to the alsatian , ‘ here 's your chance to make up for the naughty things you 've done to me .
2 It will make up for the thirty-five minutes you were late . ’
3 The scouts were also working hard to keep up with the many breakfasts they cooked that morning .
4 Les come up with the same ideas I thought when I se , when we had bought it .
5 Up in the remote villages they would be reason ably safe and the people would help them .
6 Could it be that someone took him up on the extravagant wagers he offered constantly during the election and that he 's been forced to three ball his monkey suit to meet his gambling debts ? and then there was the letter in Saturday 's Darlington and Stockton Times from stop-at-home Nick ThorneWallis , Labour chairman of Darlington council 's transport committee .
7 We have n't really er when it got up to the bigger businesses we used
8 Concentrate instead on your own reputation by continuing to live up to the high standards you always set yourself .
9 If Charlton does stay on after the World Cup , he 'll find it hard to live up to the high standards he has set .
10 Tutor Viv Shelley will look at whether manufacturing industries are living up to the green images they promote , the adequacy of monitoring processes and ask what responsibility lies with the public .
11 Acknowledging their weaknesses and limitations to live up to the Christian ideals they realised the strength they would obtain from mutual help and formed themselves into Teams .
12 In later life the daughter may find herself self-condemned as , without adequate inner resources , she fails to live up to the ideal standards she has set for herself .
13 I trust you 'll find the other one to your satisfaction , though I fear it 's hardly up to the five-star standards you 're doubtless accustomed to . ’
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