Example sentences of "up [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its excellent PR and the enthusiasm of the press might simply have set it up for a great fall if the use of its powers had proved to be weak or ineffective . |
| 2 | I have to confess that I saved up for a portable television before I saved up for a washing machine , but then my priorities may have been different if I had not had a laundrette opposite the front door . |
| 3 | We actually split up for a few days because his mother sent a Christmas card to him and not to me . |
| 4 | ‘ I was hoping Kenny could put me up for a few days until I 'd sorted things out with my parents . |
| 5 | Late in March Mahmoud showed up for the first time since the Yanks had moved out . |
| 6 | In some parts of the south-east , groundwater levels are lower than at any time since records began 200 years ago , with some boreholes in the Chiltern Hills drying up for the first time since they were sunk last century . |
| 7 | Accurate pictures could now be built up for the first time as to how tigers spent their day , how often they killed , their associations with other tigers and how the young animals found and established their own home ranges . |
| 8 | By the way they 're also made up for the following week as well in case , if it 's Tuesday night , oh , let me just look at next week , what have I got ? |
| 9 | ‘ Your concern does you credit , and I 'll see to it you have a few things wrapped up for the poor woman when you go to see her . ’ |
| 10 | The shift , if that 's what it is , mirrors the way shipments have been shaping up during the three months since they started . |
| 11 | The Doctor followed the narrow road down through a small valley , before climbing back up towards a bare hilltop where he could make out a number of tiny wooden crosses , like a forest of lifeless bonsai trees . |
| 12 | Huge jams built up behind the 74-year-old pensioner as he crawled for five miles along the inside lane of the dual-carriageway A1 . |
| 13 | If you are a stand-alone system then take advantage of programs like Suitcase and Font/DA Juggler but do take the time to read the manuals otherwise you can end up with a worse problem than you started with . |
| 14 | ‘ We 'll have to feed you up with a good meal before you go , ’ said Sister Margaret . |
| 15 | Her face lit up with a delighted smile as she gazed at an abandoned plate of half-eaten sandwiches on a nearby table . |
| 16 | Even Nails , Hoomey thought proudly , could n't come up with a better name than that . |
| 17 | Why ca n't someone come up with a better boot than a rubber one ? |
| 18 | Evans is convinced it ended up with a better dealer than it started with , and has £2m of cash to play with . |
| 19 | Of course , while the wider range of lenders and mortgage products mean that borrowers can end up with a better deal than in the past , it also means spending more time and effort choosing the best mortgage for your particular circumstances . |
| 20 | It has n't changed but as we said on Friday morning the D of E amongst others have sugg er expressed a view that the panel ought to try to come up with a general location if we can . |
| 21 | So if you already own land you would end up with a larger unit than if you owned no land before . |
| 22 | Before , you might be able to say , if you have n't got the right results , you can get away with padding out your lab report and writing a lot of background , so that would bung your mark up a bit , but this year , you can do that and you still end up with a bad mark if you 've got bad results . |
| 23 | IT 'S DIFFICULT to come up with a definitive explanation as to why , but the music industry is currently going through its worst trough in over a decade . |
| 24 | A young wildebeest is able to run almost as soon as it is born , for it must be able to keep up with the other wildebeest when they flee a predator . |
| 25 | The key is not so much to end up with the right plan as to engage in strategic thinking . |
| 26 | ‘ I ended up with the same look as with the hot-air brushes , but it can only be used on dry hair . |
| 27 | ‘ They came up with the same answer as I did , ’ said Mr Hope . |
| 28 | Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates reportedly came up with an ingenious solution when he was romancing venture capitalist Ann Winblad : observing that the same movies are usually playing at the same time all over America , they came up with the Virtual Date — they 'd each go alone to the same movie at the same time , and discuss it afterwards on their car phones . |
| 29 | Now employing two people , this is the only one-stop bike shop in the area and has been built up into a thriving business as people have become more aware of the need for a healthy lifestyle . |
| 30 | The corners of Lucinda 's mouth quirked up into a beaming smile as Vi watched , fascinated . |