Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] up to [noun sg] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 The importers were n't reliable , and neither were the craftsmen , especially those who persuaded me to pay them in advance Then I got in a financial muddle because I did n't keep my bookkeeping up to date . ’
2 if i can use a div 1 player ( bohinen , forest — tech wonder boy with amazing goals and great moves as a speciality — scored the most memorable goal of my life up to date against italy when we beat them at home 2–1 in the EC qual game on june 5th 1991 — world class defender baresi was on his way to the corner flag — outclassed by a bohinen move — when bohinen put the ball under Walter Zenga — i attended the game and had the perfect seat for that goal — hmm — i got a little carried away here , ehh ? ; - ) )
3 I watched the clock ticking away as I approached , and when I passed through the finish line I held my arms up to heaven and with my eyes closed said ‘ Thank you god .
4 Better bring my book up to date .
5 I 'm on my way up to town .
6 Line of washing ( linked to seven — Heaven ) : A washing line of angels ' white dresses stretching from my house up to Heaven ;
7 The central keep dates from the early twelfth century but concentric walling with mural towers was added during the Middle Ages , bringing its fortification up to date ( 526 ) .
8 Having experienced that particular chaos , she was careful to keep her books up to date , a simple matter of filling in two columns each day , ‘ Purchases made ’ and ‘ Total cash takings ’ .
9 She saved herself from falling further by clutching at a branch with both hands and then drawing her feet up to safety on a big branch .
10 This will require those taxpayers to bring their instalments up to date within 7 days otherwise they will lose the right to pay by instalments .
11 In head office , managers are responsible for keeping their teams up to date with progress on their tests in their particular areas of work .
12 The Council has a policy now of bringing all its properties up to date , but priority because they 're , bringing the houses up to date will take some eight years , priority is given to elderly citizens and people with medical needs .
13 Published every two months and approximately 12 pages in length , it is intended as an ideal means of keeping the practitioners and their staff up to date on topical issues .
14 Tailor-made short course for individual companies , to bring their staff up to date with modern computer techniques .
15 The advice it received from the firm was to bring its loans up to date , in particular the $18m credit line it had given to UMF which , PW noted , had consistently been trading at a loss .
16 Taking the plate gently from him she placed it in the sink , then checked the turkey one last time , turned the gas down as low as it would go and made her way up to bed .
17 Kissing all the boys , she made her way up to bed , taking her tea with her .
18 Collecting up her leaflets , she made her way up to bed , and gave in to the little grin that had been trying to break out a few minutes before .
19 But Sisson , in addition to bringing his story up to date with a final chapter , interjects halfway through a lengthy segment on his war .
20 Sheldukher rolled his eyes up to heaven .
21 The Cambridge philosopher of religion on the board refused to vote for Ramsey for he did not think his work up to standard — the Cambridge philosophers never forgave the ‘ irrationality ’ which was a streak in his first and most original book .
22 Of course the plaintiff 's solicitor will have to bring his calculations up to date and if necessary amend the statement of special damages on service of further medical reports or before trial .
23 Billy used to take his bicycle up to town on the train .
24 So I wrote the epilogue in Christian 's book , bringing his account up to date .
25 It was just ten minutes to nine , and Richard walked by on his way up to World 's End to catch a bus to the office .
26 Philip had forgotten temporarily about them moving from Little Knoll , what with getting Caspar out of the tractor-shed and thinking of Lee making his way up to Jubilee Wood .
27 Stirling 's stated purpose in writing the memo was to suggest that recruiting his unit up to strength should take precedence over the equipping of these new battalions .
28 Because we offered our budget up to negotiation to both the political parties , over the last eight weeks .
29 I 've got to phone , I booked our mum up to dinner , she 's coming up .
30 ‘ I believe we suffered the downturn because of the way in which we kept our clients up to date , insofar as when the recession hit , our clients did n't need to come to us because the Revenue was on their backs .
  Next page