Example sentences of "they [verb] up [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The patrol took some prisoners and drove through the lines until they met up with a British unit , who refused to believe they were who they said they were . |
| 2 | And they make up for a curtailed visual field by being able to rotate their heads through 180° . |
| 3 | They built up from a working |
| 4 | The various decay products in the uranium chain are not present as they are not soluble in water , but they build up in a defined way , according to the decay rates of the individual isotopes in the chain . |
| 5 | It has been said that they show up as a striking pair with powers of × 12 or more . |
| 6 | As far as he could , he would keep a record of the magician 's movements and see if they added up to a meaningful pattern . |
| 7 | Discussions went on for a year and cost T&L about £500,000 in legal fees and other expenses , Vlitos says , ‘ but they came up with a strong agreement which protected T&L — a pygmy next to a corporate giant like J&J ’ . |
| 8 | However , after a TOP Timeout , they came up with a real solution . |
| 9 | They came up with a mock chat show programme in which Williams was being interviewed by Clement Freud , as lugubrious-looking then as now . |
| 10 | Predictably , they came up with a plot-line set in the professional reaches of the law , rather than in the more ‘ artisan ’ area of policing . |
| 11 | They came up with a visionary scheme to raise money for musical equipment . |
| 12 | They came up with a taxonomic hierarchy : phyla , class , order , sub-orders , genus ( or genera ) and species . |
| 13 | Informative , revealing , funny , they add up to a comprehensive picture of a momentous year . |
| 14 | Where fantasy is involved , as in a film like The Wizard of Oz ( 1940 ) , non-realistic , simple colours are acceptable , provided they add up to a coherent scheme that works within the special world of that film . |
| 15 | Gayle , sent off during Birmingham 's Anglo-Italian Cup clash with Lucchese on Wednesday , has called on the players to toughen up as they face up to a New Year relegation battle . |
| 16 | They linked up in a silent demonstration of support for the school which is threatened with closure . |
| 17 | And , I 've just as a basic figure , I mean , they give up to a certain figure o before their hours you put a bit of tax and after that , but er we 've allocated him to work , in the afternoons when I 'm out , they allocate to her , the warehouse , because I ca n't afford any , er , as I say , they repairs a machine , it goes out faulty , and the onus is on me and the company |
| 18 | They walked up to a large wooden table covered at each end with a pile of books . |
| 19 | In kiddies ' adventure stories they always wonder Where am I ? when they wake up in a strange place . |
| 20 | On March 26th in Asuncion , the Paraguayan capital , they signed up for a four-nation Southern Cone Common Market by the end of 1994 . |
| 21 | After a while they pulled up outside a large concrete hotel , not quite finished , incorporating a long cruelly-lit restaurant , almost empty , which faced the road . |
| 22 | When this is the case the churches can ask to provide their material to add to the pack , and then ensure that they follow up with a personal call . |
| 23 | But we would probably sell them the name if they come up with a reasonable offer . ’ |
| 24 | Let's talk about horse racing , but before we do so , one last question about football pools and that is that some people have systems — they come up with a whole range of numbers and combinations of things — does that make any sense at all ? |
| 25 | ‘ I definitely wo n't be playing for Rovers on Sunday unless they come up with a satisfactory offer and there 's no chance of that . ’ |
| 26 | Of course you can well I knew of a girl who married I would n't say she 'd married well when she started out but her husband was enterprising e eventually got himself quite a good job at the at people who print the bank notes so so that they they started off in a prefab and they ended up with a new four bedroom bungalow with central heating at Athorpe Roding . |
| 27 | Being as they were n't too clever themselves , they ended up with a dull kid . |
| 28 | Ravara Pipe Band was the only Ulster band competing in Grade 2 and they ended up with a commendable third place . |