Example sentences of "[vb -s] up [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , a careful history and physical examination permit a confident diagnosis that stands up over time . |
| 2 | This is fine as long as the music stands up to scrutiny . |
| 3 | Their attitude scarcely stands up to scrutiny . |
| 4 | ‘ We are delighted with the results so far , especially the performance , which stands up to comparison with the rest of the sports car world . |
| 5 | This is not , however , a presumption that stands up to examination . |
| 6 | His hair always stands up on end ! |
| 7 | IT CA N'T be very long before a rapist or a murderer stands up in court and pleads in defence : ‘ It was n't me , Your Honour , it was the Press . ’ |
| 8 | For instance , when he is wheeled to the toilet , he stands up in order to get into the wheelchair , and again to move onto the toilet , instead of being lifted or transferred . |
| 9 | And I get it green for when she stands up in class . |
| 10 | Like , there 's a guy that rings up in work Hello ha ! |
| 11 | Once you 're at the summit descend by the more popular Miners ' Path which will take you down across the causeway over Llyn Llydaw and finishes up at Pen-y-pass at the top of the Llanberis Pass . |
| 12 | Steven looks up from call to opposite number in Coventry . |
| 13 | If the Prime Minister thinks that all that adds up to recovery , he is not living in the real world . |
| 14 | All in all it adds up to power . |
| 15 | ‘ Everything — it all adds up to enchantment . ’ |
| 16 | Tigers do not know that humans beings have no sense of smell , and when a tiger becomes a man-eater it treats a human being exactly as it treats wild animals , that is , it approaches its intended victims up-wind , or lies up in wait for them down-wind . |
| 17 | Molly uses soap and water to wash her face so we 're going to use the cleansing gel which lathers up like soap . |
| 18 | ‘ Strange how often she crops up in conversation . |
| 19 | The aquifer fills up with water until water reaches the surface of the land in one or more places . |
| 20 | It lacks the vitality to throw these conditions off ; it does not have the expulsive power of Ipecacuanha and the chest steadily fills up with mucus ; rattling breathing with the inability to raise phlegm . |
| 21 | fills up with rain . |
| 22 | Right , one woman she comes in , with an ice cream tub , and fills up with food and goes home , in an ice cream tub . |
| 23 | The two massive channels run straight towards the Wash , enclosing a flood-land which still fills up in winter , as Vermuyden intended . |
| 24 | Dane O'Hara probably still wakes up at night and sees Ferguson oscillating in front of him . |
| 25 | Barry Fox wakes up to morning television |
| 26 | Thirty-three years later , aged 65 , he made his directorial debut with the same mind-numbing story of a soldier who wakes up in hospital without arms , legs , face , sight or hearing , but who can still think . |
| 27 | Howard wakes up in hospital with two people waiting to question him about a robbery and a dead body . |
| 28 | The man wakes up in hospital , right . |
| 29 | Water passes up through gravel to the media . |
| 30 | Brian perks up for final |