Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the West peal comes appeal and the West 's heard becomes a heard and the one sort of difference that 's still there and it may take quite while to go is that the East Mainland when they 're saying a sentence they tend to go up at the end of the sentence the voice rises . |
| 2 | I would like to go to the town today , and she 's awfully she 's no the day and they tend to go up at the end . |
| 3 | So linguists too tend to come up with grammatically correct , but somewhat peculiar examples : ‘ Sincerity may frighten the boy ’ ( Chomsky 1965:63 ) and so on . |
| 4 | If , also like me , you have a weakness for stockpiling past copies of nursing journals because you intend to catch up on such and such an article , then it is worth investing in some proper journal binders . |
| 5 | Once there he intend to meet up with his brother and discuss future plans for their respective SAS regiments . |
| 6 | Muslim ones tend to shrivel up at the thought of their women going out to work . |
| 7 | ‘ Moss stitch is best for ties otherwise they tend to curl up at the edges and look like a drain pipe . ’ |
| 8 | Mm well maybe , I mean to come up with a , a clear example . |
| 9 | They want to go up to the aviary but I I ca n't get I ca n't get this buggy up there up that hill . |
| 10 | Well , the surgery 's at half eleven till half twelve so we pop back here for a quick cup of tea and I want to go up to Felixstowe . |
| 11 | But everyone else is in but I want to clear Wednesday and Thursday cos I want we want to go up to Suffolk . |
| 12 | I want to come home I want to go up to my bedroom and get on with |
| 13 | The Leeds Permanent and Abbey National want to go up by 1.25 points or more . |
| 14 | WHATEVER their politics , Poles expect to wait up to 20 years for a new telephone . |
| 15 | ‘ If you want to come up to Manchester , ’ said Jonquil , ‘ just drop me a line . |
| 16 | It is the best way to serve the people we want to stand up for . |
| 17 | ‘ I am demonstrating that I want to stand up for Hong Kong 's interests . |
| 18 | I 'm telling you and I 'm telling you , not him , he 's having now't say or so be tea on him , you want to stand up for yourself you , it 's time you opened your mouth to our Michael , do n't be afraid of him |
| 19 | The shops and showrooms themselves are worth visiting if you want to catch up on some of the latest modern furniture , lighting and fabric design . |
| 20 | ‘ Now that we only have the one line , we want to catch up on the backlog of maintenance and repairs . |
| 21 | Because want to catch up with us and we 're already using too much energy . |
| 22 | The major Western degenerative diseases do n't happen in an instant — like infective diseases — but appear to creep up on us slowly as a result of years and years of bad eating . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't think it will take the investigators long to come up with enough to disqualify Louis from international yacht racing . |
| 24 | She wore a belted Japanese kimono that emphasised her cottage-loaf figure and had a warm , rumpled , half-awake look that made Maxim just want to curl up beside her and sleep for a week . |
| 25 | I just want a big comfortable feel , so you look at a sofa and want to curl up in it . ’ |
| 26 | Domestic loans a year ago accounted for only 35% of life-assurance companies ' ¥116 trillion in assets ; they expect to allocate up to 60% in the present financial year . |
| 27 | ‘ It depends whether they want to own up to it . ’ |
| 28 | Are there any other matters arising that anyone want to pick up on at this point ? |
| 29 | Right , I want to pick up on I 've started looking at your tests , the history of language ones and I 've actually marked only the section where you actually re-wrote the er , early modern English extract , and I want to pick up on that instantly , and talk about that and the ways you you , the way you can go around , no I 'm not gon na give you that . |
| 30 | Right , I want to pick up on I 've started looking at your tests , the history of language ones and I 've actually marked only the section where you actually re-wrote the er , early modern English extract , and I want to pick up on that instantly , and talk about that and the ways you you , the way you can go around , no I 'm not gon na give you that . |