Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] up to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The regions — they have since come up to London — were miles away from that sort of thing . |
| 2 | ‘ You had better come up to Lady Merchiston , ’ Theda said , leading the way to the stairs . |
| 3 | Look , when you 've finished eating I think you 'd better come up to cabin 10 and get it sorted out . |
| 4 | In the first week of the forty-day share sale period , the unions only invested £871,000 , and two weeks before the closing date the total had only crept up to £927,500 . |
| 5 | It was only shipped up to Paris recently when the house had been emptied of furniture . |
| 6 | On hearing of the don 's disappearance , she 'd naturally rushed up to Oxford in the hope of tracking down her precious notes . |
| 7 | Earnings per share only edged up to 4.82p , from 4.77p , but a final dividend of 3.4p ( 3.3p ) lifts the total from 4.8p to 4.9p . |
| 8 | Whereas in the past voters had looked to parties and party workers to help them make sense of politics , this function was now largely given up to television news broadcasts . |
| 9 | Although Fletcher admitted that England have not come up to standard over the last three months , he also believes that a poor itinerary and a lack of turning pitches in English domestic cricket is largely to blame for the string of dismal performances . |
| 10 | Mhairi McMillan , a counsellor at St Andrews University , said : ‘ There may be a sense of glamour attached to a tutor or a lecturer for somebody who 's maybe just come up to university or working their way through . |
| 11 | I remember the sinking feeling still : 1964 , having just moved up to Leeds and my first day at Almscliff — then , and probably still , the best swather of tall poppies in the land . |
| 12 | The argument comes just months after the ancient writings were finally opened up to scholars around the world , and it centres on a single phrase . |
| 13 | No that 's not correct because I 've also already called up to P C into that master bedroom when I 've left or as I was about to handcuff er the man . |
| 14 | Both Gary Smith and Barry Dowdeswell , chief executive of the Royal Victoria Infirmary , Newcastle 's oldest teaching hospital , agreed that the acute hospitals had only just woken up to community care . |
| 15 | ‘ She could have gone to friends , or just driven up to London , ’ Fraser defended himself . |
| 16 | When he rang Joanne to check Nigel 's movements in the week before Steen 's death , a strange female voice answered and informed him that Miss Menzies had already gone up to Scotland for her Christmas holidays . |
| 17 | Unfortunately these tables are not kept up to date , so even if your statute is not in the table it may be found in the relevant group in the main work . |
| 18 | The speech of 26 April 1942 , held against the theatrical back-cloth of the summoning of the Reichstag , had not lived up to expectations . |
| 19 | There is a rapidly-growing belief in Italy that Sampdoria are ready to part company with England defender Walker because he has not lived up to expectations since joining them last summer . |
| 20 | At the company 's annual meeting , executives from CGI Informatique SA , developer of the Pacbase software engineering system , said fiscal 1993 has so far not lived up to expectations , and indicated that the company will be considering either an acquisition or joint venture in the facilities management market . |
| 21 | There have already been suggestions that Wang 's deal with IBM to sell the RS/6000 has not lived up to expectations — in June 1991 IBM took a stake in the financially troubled company , in return for which Wang agreed to sell the AS/400 and RS/6000 machines ( CI No 1,697 ) , but late last year said that it would not be adding to its stake as it had the right to do under terms of the agreement . |
| 22 | There have already been suggestions that Wang 's deal with IBM to sell the RS/6000 has not lived up to expectations — in June 1991 IBM took a stake in the financially troubled company , in return for which Wang agreed to sell the AS/400 and RS/6000 machines ( UX No 39 ) , but late last year said that it would not be adding to its stake as it had the right to do under terms of the agreement . |
| 23 | Reality had not lived up to expectations . |
| 24 | Malone 's buys this summer looked like good ones but they have not lived up to expectations . |
| 25 | But when a High King or Queen is born , they have always come up to Tara 's gates , and sung him — or her — into the world . |
| 26 | I was always brought up to treat everybody as I find them . |
| 27 | Unfortunately , ad hoc bibliographies date quickly and are not always brought up to date after initial publication . |
| 28 | Ken Brown from Glasgow North and Tony Killeen from Manchester North were both made up to Fellows of the Guild having won the award for three consecutive years . |
| 29 | The best firms ' products also used up to 50% fewer parts than those made by their less-successful rivals , so they were faster , simpler and cheaper to manufacture . |
| 30 | Annabel had talked so much to her parents about the beautiful girl with the long golden hair , and how she had openly stood up to Sister Mary , that it was decided to invite this child to have tea with the family . |