Example sentences of "[verb] up on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1907 it had been noted that nickelodeons were opening up on every American street and it was not hard to account for their success . |
| 2 | Not to marry , but just to meet up on a regular basis and do nice things together such as walks , long discussions about books and music , that sort of thing . |
| 3 | He drew up on the other side of the tall white gates and fished in his grey sack . |
| 4 | ‘ So you 've been up the barrow , ’ Jos said out of the blue , as he lined up on the final double . |
| 5 | It is rare for a dog to jump up on the third occasion . |
| 6 | After a slower than expected march we were gearing up on the famous Green Ledge in bright sunshine — the Ennerdale mountains stretching away like the bony spine of a slumbering dragon . |
| 7 | For members of the nobility the struggles of Lancaster and York could have drastic results , particularly for those who incurred forfeiture through ending up on the losing side ; although attainders could be reversed and lands restored , this might take a long time ( 130 , Ch.5 ) . |
| 8 | To a backdrop of deserted stands , Andrew Hudson becomes the first South African to score a hundred on his Test debut : ( below ) Curtly Ambrose mops up on the final day , bowling Meyrick Pringle . |
| 9 | I thought I might catch up on a few chores instead . |
| 10 | An external 2-pole 5-way switch will then be needed and the circuit shown in Fig. 13 built up on a small board . |
| 11 | Huge crowds built up on the Western side of the Wall as West Berliners witnessed the historic developments , some even crossing over into the East for a walk . |
| 12 | Now I 'm not for a mom , I 'm not for a moment suggesting that it 's something that would be picked up on a regular basis , but I think it does mean , as you rightly say , that er , if , if , if such a procedure does arise then I 'm conscious that I 'm in a one off situation , I know there 's at least one of our colleagues on our benches who has this on , with children on a more regular basis . |
| 13 | But this information is also readily available if the ferret is fitted with a transmitting device within its collar and the signals from this are picked up on a hand-held receiver . |
| 14 | It was picked up on the fourth ring by an answerphone . |
| 15 | Ishida Aerospace has picked up on an Eighties Cold War idea generated by the US military , which has financed the design , construction and flight testing of a propeller-driven VTOL plane , namely the Osprey , whose features were shown in your illustration . |
| 16 | Winding up on a voluntary basis |
| 17 | A vertical window covering which can be rolled up on a spring-roller attachment , or drawn up by cords threaded through rings . |
| 18 | I think Mao was quite keyed up on the whole situation , I think he realized that to win the war they had to erm adjust the mass support very carefully , and I think that 's basically what this I think that 's why two months later they er they er gave up this document cos he was worried then they 'd lose the middle peasants ' support . |
| 19 | The haulier should be aware of the circumstances in which he ( or his debtor ) may be wound up on a voluntary basis and the circumstances in which his company ( or his debtor 's ) may be wound up by the court . |
| 20 | The machine bumped up on a stony track that led in the general direction of the distant barn . |
| 21 | The girls walked in the Rose Gardens and caught up on the past months , discussed the future . |
| 22 | I do have to admit , though , that when I 'm working away from home it 's not a case of going out on the town — but going straight to bed to catch up on a good night 's sleep . |
| 23 | At such moments he knew that he loved Frances , and he could feel the seductions of a conventional marriage , of meals such as this happening every Sunday , of knowing each other 's daily news , not always having to catch up on a few months ' worth of events . |
| 24 | I proceeded to catch up on the last ten years of what everyone had been doing . |
| 25 | ‘ As a farmer whose children have grown up on a busy farm , I am very aware of the risks and the work pressures that all too easily lead to children being exposed to danger . |
| 26 | A side view of the decamer ( Fig. 1 b ) shows that CsA-binding loops of CypA are on one face of the pentamer whereas the secondary structure elements line up on the opposite surface . |
| 27 | He had heard that the Feds at Lockerbie had been good as gold , working at the pace required , picking up on every small detail provided by the forensic team at Farnborough , where the 747 had been reconstructed . |
| 28 | Picking up on the head maltster 's request for co-operation in Audience , Pryce-Jones wrote , ‘ Will Ferdinand help , and kindly inform on himself ? |
| 29 | Such networks are inevitably built up on a regional basis because the finds are usually confined to a limited geographical region . |
| 30 | And they stormed it , it 's built up on a high , you 'll see the photo of it when , where it and they protected , there 's a film about it , where the erm |