Example sentences of "[pron] up to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He grew large and plump and round-cheeked , but he was without kittenish ways as if his sad experience had robbed him prematurely of his youth , yet when he sat on Lyn 's lap in the evenings he gave himself up to a drowsy and contented purring . |
| 2 | Then pulling himself up to a great height , he went on . |
| 3 | I had no idea that what was happening was my body trying to bring itself up to a natural weight rather than the unnatural , low one that I kept it at . |
| 4 | So we 're trying to bring everyone up to a certain level in certain selected topics — aspects of mechanics , heat , wave motion . |
| 5 | ‘ They have the same basic EQ as a humbucker , so you can get that really crunchy sort of distortion , but we also found that when you linked them up to a Fender-style five-way switch they had this amazing ability to clean up , like a Strat , in the in-between positions . |
| 6 | He brings some out , we stew them up to a dark amber and sit sipping . |
| 7 | However , he has said : ‘ If social services want to keep some kind of data about the additional services which may not immediately be necessary , I do n't think the process is going to open them up to a legal threat . ’ |
| 8 | Not directly but you can make one in that how that once everybody gets , once you have the resources to raise everybody up to a certain sort of acceptable standard of living , then you can redistribute those resources and you are , you are , y you 'll be able to eliminate poverty |
| 9 | Now that 's a bit of a surprise to you in the sense that you believed that ten percent of the population owned eighty percent of the land and therefore this , this kind of erm a a attack on , on the rich was happening through the May the fourth directive , that would 've produced enough to bring everybody up to a reasonable middle peasant status . |
| 10 | He had once summed her up to a female student , after several lagers , as ‘ no tits to speak of and even less bum ’ . |
| 11 | When the balance is correct then you just sit and ride forward with your legs closed gently round the horse riding him up to a soft contact on the reins . |
| 12 | The easiest method of growing this species is to grow it in a flower-pot immersed in a shallow tank and bring it up to a reasonable size . |
| 13 | Then , in a fit of excess , he ratcheted it up to a full 2 million job losses . |
| 14 | It is possible to cover yourself up to a specified limit , for the loss or theft or fraudulent use of money and credit cards . |
| 15 | Last night , four Georgian soldiers crossed the Tblisi lines , found their way through a minefield , and gave themselves up to a British journalist , Dicky Bowden . |
| 16 | And that get us up to a certain distance , but even then that method must fail when you get beyond a certain distance . |
| 17 | Guaranteed sound against anything up to a direct hit in the eyeball with a ScumStopper bullet . |
| 18 | HOT OR COLD running liquids are on offer for anything up to a whole day in the 24 Hour Flask . |