Example sentences of "[vb pp] up to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All added up to subsistence farming in its most rudimentary form , with minimal trading and scarcely any money circulating , so that the assessors ' valuation of livestock — and household effects — may well have been frankly notional . |
| 2 | First time I went to Norwich alone , he come up to school and got me out at half past nine in the morning . |
| 3 | My father come up to school , he come up there on a bike to see the schoolmaster and get me out to get a load of hay home . |
| 4 | Although Fletcher admitted that England have not come up to standard over the last three months , he also believes that a poor itinerary and a lack of turning pitches in English domestic cricket is largely to blame for the string of dismal performances . |
| 5 | Look , when you 've finished eating I think you 'd better come up to cabin 10 and get it sorted out . |
| 6 | The only way to town is come up to way |
| 7 | Mhairi McMillan , a counsellor at St Andrews University , said : ‘ There may be a sense of glamour attached to a tutor or a lecturer for somebody who 's maybe just come up to university or working their way through . |
| 8 | What had he come up to Jubilee Wood for ? |
| 9 | A potential trainer has to be at least 18 , educated up to GCSE standard in maths and English , plus a science subject , and be fit — as they walk many miles a day in all weathers . |
| 10 | Behind him the noise was changing , rising , as the fight wound up to pressure . |
| 11 | The Chairman wound up to applause . |
| 12 | Most were connected up to fluid intake tubes . |
| 13 | I explained to him about what we 've done up to date and the fact that we 've yet to sort the account out properly . |
| 14 | But I also felt that the guitar became a different instrument when it was turned up to maximum and fully distorted — it was no longer a polyphonic instrument , really . |
| 15 | Board member Jim Harris , who took over immediately from Michels as president and CEO , has moved up to chairman , replaced by SCO 's European chief Lars Turndal . |
| 16 | Get her moved up to town a.s.a.p . |
| 17 | I 'll never get made up to supervisor . |
| 18 | Is that right that you were a security guard before you were made up to reception manager . |
| 19 | Her narrow shoulders and long , slim neck had barely seen the sun , and gleamed white and translucent against the dark fabric ; her small-featured , impassive face was made up to salon standard . |
| 20 | ‘ Mainly cooks and cripples , ’ he said cheerfully , and the family hoped that this would mean that he stayed in England , but when he returned to London after his leave the battalion was made up to strength and moved to Howick in Scotland . |
| 21 | After deciding that oak would be best for the job , it was then to work , carefully measuring the arch and getting it all drawn up to scale . |
| 22 | The King held it good to accomplish her desire ; and forthwith ordered letters to be drawn up to Rodrigo of Bivar , wherein he enjoined and commanded him that he should come incontinently to Valencia , for he had much to communicate to him , upon an affair which was greatly to God 's service , and his own welfare and great honour . |
| 23 | Three times this was done , and then the sheet was drawn up to heaven again . |
| 24 | But behind her she could hear , all over the bay , the scraps of men 's voices shouting , and the rumble of rollers as the ships were drawn up to safety , and the lowing and bleating of animals being driven uphill . |
| 25 | The young woman was the one who seemed to be ‘ making the running , ’ but if the young chap had got a bit carried away , no doubt he would have been hauled up to court . |
| 26 | Maths Tuition offered up to GCSE level £5.00 per hour . |
| 27 | Erm , in the point that was raised from the London region , talking about resources in dealing with er regional health and safety officers and their time , part of the er document itself , is looking at consultation , so that the resource implications and the necessary action that we have to take in identifying priorities , deals with those things and those things are now opened up to discussion , er by accepting the report , and we 'll be looking at that over this next year . |
| 28 | The iron ore deposits in the Nimba mountains on the border with Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia , which had a 65-70 per cent iron content , were finally to be opened up to exploitation , it was announced in December 1989 [ see p. 35436 for setting up in 1986 of iron ore project ] . |
| 29 | an end to the statutory monopoly of nationalized industries and all to be opened up to competition . |
| 30 | This occurs when markets , previously served by the public sector monopolies and governed by regulations , are opened up to competition from the private sector . |