Example sentences of "[vb infin] up [prep] one " in BNC.
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| 1 | A giant plant than can recycle up to one hundred thousand tonnes of rubbish every year . |
| 2 | I did n't think they could be like REM in seven album 's time , but there was a lot depth in there and I knew it would n't dry up after one or two albums , ’ he recalls . |
| 3 | Whatever went into the flooded Comer here would fetch up at one of several spots , no doubt well known to the police , where curves and currents tended to land what they had carried down . |
| 4 | I did not just give up after one attempt . |
| 5 | His hopes of adding Wimbledon glory to his collection of eight Grand Slam titles now look more forlorn than ever , even though he insists : ‘ You can not give up after one day . ’ |
| 6 | Otherwise , if the team does n't show up after one or two public announcements , they may well be disbarred . |
| 7 | At a recent presentation by the Danish Bacon & Meat Council , one of the less-boring pronouncements was that consumers may spend up to one minute rummaging through the bacon counter at supermarkets before making their choice . |
| 8 | In your letter dated Tue , 18 Jan 94 10:25:54 MET , you wrote : If I thought Wilko was going there with the intent to win I might feel a little happier , but with the form as it is I think we 'll wind up in one of those boring 1–0 or 2–0 defeats where nothing exciting happens in the game . |
| 9 | Organizers of a strike could face up to one year in prison or two years in a corrective labour camp , while participants would be liable to summary dismissal from their employment and a fine of up to Rbs3,000 ( about US$5,000 at the official rate ) . |
| 10 | In conclusion , we have shown that patients with chronic pancreatitis or pancreatic cancer , who have mild to moderate fat malabsorption , may malabsorb up to one third of the ingested carbohydrate . |
| 11 | The total session might take up to one hour . |
| 12 | Every day I need to get up at seven o'clock in order to get ready in time to catch the bus for school but because the bus has to pick up many other pupils the journey to school every day takes thirty minutes ( it can take up to one hour for other people ) . |
| 13 | Yeah cos if it was as bad as he said it was , I mean he would only stand up for one or two hours at a time , whereas he 'd been up since nine , he was still sitting up at one o'clock when I arrived there |
| 14 | In the end my parents agreed that I could go up for one year instead of being at the Royal College of Music . |
| 15 | and it 'll go up to one forty the next day ! |
| 16 | Right , those things then can go up in one of the drawers , I think they 're . |
| 17 | Eddie Hemmings is already inked in , but Nick Cook — still trying to puzzle out why he has been brought here but overlooked in favour of Keith Medlycott for the West Indies — may end up as one of the drinks carriers . |
| 18 | Often as not many cichlids keepers , especially those of us who keep large fish , will end up with one fish in particular that becomes a pet . |
| 19 | If they do n't alright you might end up with one or two questions . |
| 20 | Well we could sell them to him well we we 'll end up with one hand sets for |
| 21 | If I close this week with only seven , I may only end up with one sale , and that 's not gon na to give me the income I want and big H wants so I can take her out for a Chinese . |
| 22 | but that ought to satisfy my Noble Friend and I should have thought , but I agree with him , in in the general point that it is very much more easy when these bills are consolidated and they do end up in one consolidated act . |
| 23 | Estimates are that waves could supply up to one fifth of our electricity demand . |
| 24 | When that happens the fractions will add up to one single vote , and one only . |
| 25 | If I could just pick up on one point erm and that was related to the the two different types of inner relief road that that was proposed . |
| 26 | Er can I just pick up on one or two points er Ron . |
| 27 | Oh absolutely , yes I 'm not arguing about that , and as I said , heaven forbid that should happen , erm another point I did pick up from one report was that in the eight years war , and you 're quite right , the Iraqis are battle hardened , but the Iranian air force apparently could n't bomb Iraq to any great consequence except for the first few weeks of the conflict . |
| 28 | I might get up for one thing and put back another by mistake . |
| 29 | Try processing all the relevant information contained in the problem to help you come up with one plausible explanation . |
| 30 | Then he 'd come up with one mad scheme after another , like buying a sack of pigeon food and selling it to people in Trafalgar Square . |