Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] up to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | What , after all , is the difference between a priest acting in the highest sense of his vocation , or a prophet compelled into declamation , or such a saint ( even unknowing ) , opening himself up to the mercies of God , becoming a channel for them to the world ? |
| 2 | They have put forward their nine-year coach Laurie Mains , and are winding themselves up to the point of wanting him as coach , first-up . |
| 3 | Separate toilets for younger children , staggered playtimes or separate playgrounds for under-fives also mark schools that are really gearing themselves up to the educational needs of these younger pupils . |
| 4 | On the same day Schalck-Golodkowski ( who had given himself up to the West Berlin authorities on Dec. 7 — see p. 37107 ) was released in West Berlin because there were reportedly insufficient grounds on which to open legal proceedings against him . |
| 5 | The attack also came only hours after Juan David Ochoa , 42 , a leading Medellín cartel leader , had given himself up to the authorities ; his two younger brothers were already in custody after accepting a government offer of reduced sentences and no extradition in return for their surrender and confession [ see pp. 37772 ; 37851 ; 37914 ] . |
| 6 | Official accounts of the trial noted that although he had been involved in plotting the occupation of Tiananmen Square , he had given himself up to the police and had shown " repentance " . |
| 7 | Paul Johnson 's production is a masterwork of clarity and while it does n't quite haul itself up to the avant-garde peaks of Celtic Frost , it hammers off at enough tangents to cover almost all the bases . |
| 8 | Paul Johnson 's production is a masterwork of clarity and while it does n't quite haul itself up to the avant-garde peaks of Celtic Frost , it hammers off at enough tangents to cover almost all the bases . |
| 9 | Or should she simply let things take their course , give herself up to the almost overwhelming attraction Joss Barnet had for her ? |
| 10 | Was n't it time to put aside her fears and insecurities and give herself up to the heady delight of love and passion ? |
| 11 | It would be so easy to give up the battle she 'd been waging against him , simply to lay down her arms and give herself up to the ecstasy of possession . |
| 12 | Ahmed : When you are Black and gay and you open yourself up to the realities and contradictions inherent in this combined identity , it provides a better basis for understanding other people 's experience , both intellectually and intuitively . |
| 13 | ‘ Give yourself up to the fixed idea : to become a painter . ’ |
| 14 | They are attempting to cross at Dravograd and give themselves up to the British … |
| 15 | Tell Russell to give himself up to the police and when they have dealt with him , Mr Christie , I am going to shoot him . ’ |
| 16 | He was content to give himself up to the occasion , similar to others he had described in his own books but none of which had ever seemed to possess the colour , the noise , the smell , the sheer vibrancy that was before him now . |
| 17 | this Dorothy told me about she said get yourself up to the wool shop Ann and |
| 18 | I 've got it , I 've got some how , but this wool threaded through here , she said get yourself up to the wool shop at Stock Hill they 've got this cotton look stuff in all colours for er fifty pence a ball |
| 19 | " Hullo , Pipkin ! fill yourself up to the ears ! |
| 20 | When the war was seen to be lost , after some vacillation he delivered himself up to the Scottish army at Newark . |
| 21 | After two months she loosened her grasp on the subject like a drowning man giving himself up to the sea . |
| 22 | She pulled herself up to the level of the bonnet by hanging on to the wing mirror then snatched at a scrap of folded paper . |
| 23 | She pressed closely against him , winding her arms round his neck and opening her mouth in welcome , giving herself up to the desire that flooded through her . |
| 24 | Too early for the ballet , Gina wandered around giving herself up to the magic of the gardens , walking round the lake where large metal dragon-flies appeared to hover as the flickering lights in their wings simulated movement . |
| 25 | " Returnees " were told that they would be well treated on giving themselves up to the local authorities . |
| 26 | Have n't you any taste for travelling into the unknown , giving yourself up to the pull of the elements ? ’ |
| 27 | All these mistakes are only too easy to make , and it takes constant effort to keep oneself up to the mark . |
| 28 | Here Cornelius fed the motor car with the best petrol that money could buy and then took himself up to the restaurant to join Tuppe . |
| 29 | Lucier had taken himself up to the gallery of the chapel — a climb which cost him all the strength that was left him . |
| 30 | AN America banker , accused of embezzling $13m and sparking a financial crisis in the state of Rhode Island , yesterday gave himself up to the authorities . |