Example sentences of "would [adv] [verb] up [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | They would gladly put up with a certain level of pregnancy risk if it meant fewer side effects . |
| 3 | These were a valuable indicator , as they would only show up from a distance if you were ‘ on the line ’ . |
| 4 | Mr McEd was acting pretty cagey about it for one thing and , when pressed , would only come up with the reassuring phrases : ‘ Every cloud has a silver lining Ed … ’ or ‘ Do n't worry son , you father 's not such an old fool as he looks … |
| 5 | He promised himself he would not go up to the tower to observe the stars . |
| 6 | But she decided Daniel 's frail body would not stand up to the painful general anaesthetics and blocked the treatment . |
| 7 | The reasons for the brutality and racism which are displayed every day at the ports of entry in Britain and at the British High Commissions in the Indian subcontinent are the laws themselves — laws which are seen as essential to wider government policy and which though blatantly racist ( in fact they would not stand up before the Race Relations Act ) were each introduced as a contribution to good community relations . |
| 8 | She discovered that she was afraid of getting close , afraid of being betrayed , afraid of finding that a relationship did not solve all her problems , afraid of feeling trapped , afraid of ‘ disappearing ’ as a person , afraid of admitting that men were not all bad , afraid of losing her friends , afraid of having no more goals in life , afraid of giving up her unhappiness , afraid he might die , afraid of feeling dependent , afraid of sexual intimacy , afraid of letting go of the past , afraid that reality would not match up to the glorious fantasy … . |
| 9 | The women , as usual , bore the brunt of it , for everyone stayed up late , children refused to go to bed at night and men would not get up in the morning . |
| 10 | There were moments when Henry thought she would not turn up for the funeral , so magnificent was she about the whole thing , but as the date approached he noticed she was wearing more and more black jewellery , black scarves , capes , cloaks and jerseys , stockings , blouses and hats . |
| 11 | If William and Harry were to be brought up in the rather stiff and formal atmosphere of the Palace after suffering the trauma of their parents ' splitting up , they would hardly end up as the secure , well-balanced people the Queen hopes will succeed her . |
| 12 | No one would ever go up to a man and comment on what 's in his trousers ! |
| 13 | ‘ I doubt if His Grace would ever stand up in a court-room to give evidence on my behalf , but I counted on Magistrate Peck being afraid to put it to the test . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ He used to grumble about him , but it would always end up with the same old story . ’ |
| 15 | Carve them up however you wished , you would always end up with an array of monotonously similar looking bits . |
| 16 | Instead of talking from the stalls to actors in front of one another , he would always shamble up onto the stage with his peculiar hedgehog gait and take them aside separately . |
| 17 | The question of money would always come up with a team operation like the ‘ Carry Ons ’ . |
| 18 | She also mentioned I was going to the dentist next week ( correct ) , I would travel often ( debatable ) and that I would still end up with a lot of money ( probably wrong ) . |
| 19 | This family would probably end up in a concentration camp somewhere in Germany . |
| 20 | I would probably end up in a bed and breakfast hostel , in which it would be impossible to write . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ It would be naive to think that all a Labour government has to do is increase revenue support , encourage greater investment and Britain 's railway system would automatically catch up with the best in Europe , ’ he said . |
| 22 | Once the bus stopped , however , he was immediately up and out , using the ten minutes available to sketch in the ingredients of a scene which he would later work up in a hotel room . |
| 23 | The hon. Member for Gateshead , East looks doubtful , but in a debate in the other place yesterday , Baroness Hollis of Higham said : ’ Thirdly I suggest that a few functions would appropriately come up from the county councils . ’ |
| 24 | He would often turn up at the factory in his best suit , get involved in a maintenance problem with his fitter and end up covered in grease . |
| 25 | But this would n't match up to the greatness of the Porfiry-Raskolnikov scenes . |
| 26 | It would n't fit into the sequence , it would n't match up with the ledger . |
| 27 | I 'd put them all in an old suitcase and erm , cos I could n't just put them in there I had to have a look , they 're sentimental and that book was in there so I can definitely get you that , but I would n't go up in the loft I 'm afraid , I 'm so scared of creepy crawlies so er , you know , if you , if you want to come back some time when my husband 's here I mean he can tell you more about the wallpaper and decorating , and I 'll get him to get that out . |
| 28 | He wanted Eric Gates , of Ipswich and England , but would n't come up with the wages . |
| 29 | They would n't add up to the sorts of things that we 've got . |
| 30 | ‘ Arnold would n't put up with the man , not at any price . |