Example sentences of "[vb infin] up on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd rear up on players if they said anything and footballers are n't the bravest people in the world , so they used to think twice before they said anything to me and that helped me . ’ |
| 2 | He had better catch up on Elinor 's latest batch of instructions . |
| 3 | He is rarely out at night and is largely free to organize his activities so that in bad weather , for example , he can catch up on paperwork in the dry and warmth of the office . |
| 4 | Nigel ( 25 ) , who runs the Upper Crust coffee house in Dungannon , will line up on June 8 against nine young business people from other UK regions . |
| 5 | It did n't worry him , because over a distance the soft-nosed rounds would break up on entry and be considerably more destructive , splattering meat in exactly the same way as a hard point carved into an illegal dum-dum . |
| 6 | ‘ Surely if it was thrown overboard there was no guarantee that it would finish up on shore where the Man could send someone to fetch it . |
| 7 | The Chancellor would ease up on credit controls , ease taxation and ( in his autumn statement ) loosen the Government 's grip on public spending . |
| 8 | CUSTOMERS at the Asda superstore in Rawtenstall , Lancashire can now stock up on cash as well as groceries after the opening of the store 's first Cashline machine . |
| 9 | Users may then bring up on screen all the information recorded about that study . |
| 10 | This ensures nothing is inadvertently left inside the patient , although modern-day swabs do show up on X-rays . |
| 11 | If swallowed , it can choke your baby , and it does n't even show up on X-rays . |
| 12 | He avoided travelling , and if he had to fly , he went only on charter flights , for fear that on a scheduled airline his name would show up on computers that could be tapped by Iran Air officials . |
| 13 | Louis has had just had his call for his hernia , but he 's got ta ring up on Tuesday to see if there 's a bed available . |
| 14 | I think we certainly agree with you in terms of locality , and it 's open to you at any time , I would have thought , to be in touch with Katherine , and say , ‘ Would you follow up on x or y ’ . |
| 15 | When , in a major exercise , Rank Xerox switched a number of specialised staff to operating as teleworking freelance consultants ( involving setup costs of just £1,300 per head and achieving savings in office expenses of £17,500 per worker in the first year of operation ) , sending instructions by electronic mail was not enough : a ‘ gossip line ’ was introduced so that they could keep up on office news . |
| 16 | If I really wanted to make it all ‘ organic ’ I 'd take out a section of , like , six guitarists , who could all double up on parts . |
| 17 | Although he had no doubts about the Girls ' standard of work he would only take up on Smith 's offer if his organization was efficient . |
| 18 | ‘ Do n't creep up on people like that , specially not in a bank , for Christ 's sake . ’ |
| 19 | So what does it did Philip pay up on time ? |
| 20 | I may look like a demure little wife who sits at home minding the house , but darling , I could tell you one or two things that would make your ears stand up on end . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Well then , if we want to say goodbye to the old country , we should go up on deck , ’ Ernest suggested . |
| 22 | I will end up on time . |
| 23 | The pictures are in my head should they never end up on paper . |
| 24 | A selection of these will flash up on screen during the half-hour programme . |
| 25 | He chats to people in the field , remembers faces , and will pick up on topics discussed in a previous conversation . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's OK , ’ said Henry , ‘ you can fill up on choc bars and then pretend to eat it and when she is n't looking I 'll sling it in the bin . ’ |
| 27 | It 's not the appointments that matter , it 's the activity around the appointment , the fact that I 'm gon na get up on Monday morning , I 'm gon na go training , and once I 've done that , I 've got to nip down to the library , O K , and look up that electoral role , I 've got an appointment , and then I 'm gon na go back to the office , I 'm gon na to do my mail shots and then I 'm gon na to go home , mow the lawn , have a bit of tea , and then I 'm gon na to my approaching , and then I 'm gon na go , yes , on that appointment there . |
| 28 | that 's a smashing one that did n't come up on Sunday either determination yeah . |
| 29 | Yes , it 'll come up on Monday next erm , no Monday fortnight , yes , twentieth . |
| 30 | The Land Rover will go easily through 9 or 10 inches of snow , but unless deeper snow is well packed , then the vehicle will not drive up on top of it and it builds up underneath bringing you to a halt . |