Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Laura cried , struggling to sit up on the wide leather rear seat of the large car , where she had been so unceremoniously tossed only a moment before . |
| 2 | When the party is over members of the bridal party , and guests , may want to go up to the speakers and personally thank them , complimenting them on a good , amusing speech . |
| 3 | And the West peal comes appeal and the West 's heard becomes a heard and the one sort of difference that 's still there and it may take quite while to go is that the East Mainland when they 're saying a sentence they tend to go up at the end of the sentence the voice rises . |
| 4 | I would like to go to the town today , and she 's awfully she 's no the day and they tend to go up at the end . |
| 5 | The company has promised much in the past but to date failed to perform up to the market 's expectations . |
| 6 | Logically , it would make sense to assume that the aircraft failed to come up to the standards of performance and aggressive capability which the Soviets expected of it . |
| 7 | Britain prefers absolute standards , which would exclude all products that failed to come up to the minimum acceptable level . |
| 8 | Kayersbridge Farm in Hurst , Berkshire , was making its second appearance at auction : auctioneer Gary Murphy had sold it in December for £262,000 to a bidder who failed to come up with the money . |
| 9 | Just two days before the share sale was due to close , the Greater Manchester Council superannuation fund failed to come up with the expected £250,000 . |
| 10 | Middlesbrough 's shambolic defenders failed to come up with the answers to the riddles posed by Rosenthal 's direct running . |
| 11 | Ordinary wild plants , it seems , are weedier than crops , but both have a long way to go to catch up with the real pests . |
| 12 | Muslim ones tend to shrivel up at the thought of their women going out to work . |
| 13 | ‘ Moss stitch is best for ties otherwise they tend to curl up at the edges and look like a drain pipe . ’ |
| 14 | Maginnis , and by implication the Official Unionists , were weak and failed to stand up for the common man . |
| 15 | But what a pity that , when the heat was on — when the law of the land was being challenged by Labour councillors up and down the country , and by Members of Parliament — the Opposition Front Bench was found wanting , and failed to stand up to the rule of law . |
| 16 | Do you want to come up to the window where you can see ? |
| 17 | They want to go up to the aviary but I I ca n't get I ca n't get this buggy up there up that hill . |
| 18 | In many regions , industry is permitted to connect up to the domestic sewage system to discharge its toxic waste . |
| 19 | ‘ I am sorry to interrupt your cosy chat , Martin , but Daddy 's dying to go up to the bar for a drink and we 've promised to stop by Carolyn Roach 's house later on . ’ |
| 20 | As er as you can imagine , it 's a very difficult task , nobody wants to go up in the region , it has malaria , it 's dangerous , it 's it Transportation is difficult . |
| 21 | ‘ Now that we only have the one line , we want to catch up on the backlog of maintenance and repairs . |
| 22 | There was no clue to contemporary thinking at the DTp throughout the 1970's : indeed , it was not until 1987 that a new standard reference work was published which could reasonably be expected to provide up to the minute advice on traffic planning in existing urban areas . |
| 23 | To try to meet up with the real thing . |
| 24 | Secondly , there is the regional flood defence committee , whose members will be expected to come up with the lion 's share of the cash . |
| 25 | She tried to catch up with the machine , but she did n't want to attract any undue attention from the IMC troopers , and the thing seemed determined to ignore her . |
| 26 | He wanted to roar out James 's name , his own name , to scream for help , he tried to pull up on the sill but his fingers scrabbled uselessly and he dropped back . |
| 27 | Yeah that was so funny , you know the bit he has to come up to the house to erm has , has to come up to the house |
| 28 | Yeah that was so funny , you know the bit he has to come up to the house to erm has , has to come up to the house |
| 29 | has to come up to the house to talk to him and erm like he sort of opens the door and just shuts it in his face cos he finds out the other bloke 's a prince and he 's just standing there in the rain . |
| 30 | He felt himself to be so uneducated that it seemed hopeless even to try to catch up with the ordinary things that people knew . |