Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] up to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am sorry to interrupt your cosy chat , Martin , but Daddy 's dying to go up to the bar for a drink and we 've promised to stop by Carolyn Roach 's house later on . ’ |
| 2 | In a rare moment of self-disclosure , he had talked about wanting to go up to God and ask ‘ why ? ’ |
| 3 | For instance , a potential bidder might be looking to acquire up to 3 per cent of the target 's voting rights undetected and then , during the Companies Act disclosure period of two business days , to acquire as many shares as possible to get up to 14.99 per cent ( after which the SARs apply ) . |
| 4 | Fishermen , refusing to pay up to £36 for 300 , are scouring the coast for places to dig . |
| 5 | Having indirectly made Mrs Thatcher pay with her political life for refusing to sign up to their timetable of achieving EMU by 1992 , they are now blowing cold on the issue , as they are faced with a ballooning budget deficit of their own , and no longer need French and Community political support for reunification . |
| 6 | Yeah we 're going to go up to two thousand eight hundred are n't we so we 're going up in |
| 7 | He was just going to go up to her to give it back , when the girl did something very strange . |
| 8 | Here we go and that is that , up to now , erm we 've only made six beams , we 've got to reach , for these tanks , we want to make sixty and the problem is we 're on stop now redesign the whole thing and going on the present rate of production we 're going to go up to about week twenty-eight . |
| 9 | Mm so he was going to go up to . |
| 10 | I 'm going to go up to there so |
| 11 | ‘ He said he was going to drive up to the Spaniard 's for a drink . |
| 12 | Or was she simply going to drive up to the front door and announce herself ? |
| 13 | I was waiting to go up to university and had just got a job as a prep-school master . |
| 14 | A lightweight racer/trainer many look sleek on the shelf , but it is n't going to stand up to heavy mileage and regular forays off-road . |
| 15 | ‘ No mother can watch her child continue to be in pain — his frail body is not going to stand up to 30 general anaesthetics . |
| 16 | Erm er , very concerned as to what it was going to lead up to up , and hoping , you know , against hope that 's you were n't going to be involved in anything like that . |
| 17 | Occasionally , is anyone going to own up to ever having said that to somebody ? |
| 18 | ‘ No , but then how do you ever know that your dear little baby is n't going to grow up to be tall and elegant ? ’ she quipped with huge enjoyment . |
| 19 | Kate was down in the pit lane for the Friday qualifying session , her nerves nearly as wound up as the drivers ' , knowing that Ace was waiting to live up to his name with the fastest lap . |
| 20 | He must keep improving to live up to such expectations , but there was every sign that he is going the right way on his reappearance at Wincanton last month . |
| 21 | I was just going to settle up to you , that was it . |
| 22 | When is a musical world really going to wake up to Schumann ? |
| 23 | ‘ Duw , course I will , ’ Hari said firmly though she had no idea how she was going to live up to her word . |
| 24 | After a shower she put it on with a frown , worried that it really was going to live up to her expectations , teamed up with seamed black tights and her new black slingback shoes . |
| 25 | That combined budget will inevitably involve a redistribution of resources you are going to live up to what you are now putting your name to . |
| 26 | Anyway , I 'm going to save up to , I was supposed to be saving up |
| 27 | ‘ She was wondering what they were going to get up to next . |
| 28 | ‘ I think you 're horrid to tell me lies too , and make out that when you 're married you 're going to get up to horrible … such disgusting … with that man who looks like a fish with cold yellowish eyes and greeny-yellow skin … . ’ |
| 29 | That 's going to add up to seven eight nine ten marks . |
| 30 | ‘ When I was walking up to Keble Road yesterday I saw someone standing at the bus-stop outside St Giles ’ Church , waiting to get up to Summertown . |