Example sentences of "[verb] up [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dual carriageway is just of the motorway and people are gearing up to go on the motorway . |
| 2 | The club have chartered a special flight from Manchester to Bologna and over 100 fans hare already booked up to travel with the official party . |
| 3 | When it 's just a few minutes from the face , the thick cloud filling the valley gently wells up to lock in the cold . |
| 4 | Across the choppy water from them stands Billingsgate Fish Market , smartened up to tone with the neighbourhood . |
| 5 | The ever increasing army of tourists who came up to look at the scenery was growing . |
| 6 | When the keeper came up to check on the Spectacled Bears , she could n't understand that Omero and Minky were trying to tell her that Sam was ill , she just saw that he was curled up in a ball and would n't move . |
| 7 | Zborowski said nothing but went into his room and changed into worn summer clothes and came out carrying his only winter suit parcelled up to take to the pawnbroker . |
| 8 | I concede that the current recession and the Government 's mismanagement of the economy have a part to play in the fact that prestige projects are not lining up to locate in the bay . |
| 9 | Without looking back he ran to the end of the passageway and climbed up to hide in the shelves . |
| 10 | No drive , no ambition ; the team was just turning up to go through the motions ; and behind the scenes , lots of devious insider stuff . ’ |
| 11 | This allows you to make a more considered approach than a telephone call and to use the job matching list you have drawn up to bring to the employer 's attention the reasons why you are suitable for the job and why you should be seen for interview . |
| 12 | BURIAL costs in Middlesbrough are going up to pay for the installation of cameras in flats overlooking cemeteries . |
| 13 | Over 100 members turned up to compete for the honour of representing Limerick Area in the National Finals in Belfast . |
| 14 | Many thousands arrived by rail and road and local Kidderminster car-parks were specially opened up to cope with the volume of visitors . |
| 15 | Stepping up to bat in the eighth inning of game five on Sunday with the scores tied 1-1 , the Giants first baseman had trouble controlling the adrenalin , ‘ but I took a deep breath and tried to focus on the point of release of the ball ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ Come on , Marge , before Robin Day turns up to join in the debate ! ’ |
| 17 | Her long ginger hair tumbled to the floor ; her short white skirt rode up to hint at the delicious curves of her tender derriere . |
| 18 | The front page of the People 's Daily and every other major national newspaper last week featured a picture of the new Politburo standing committee meeting with actors from a People 's Liberation Army theatre troupe made up to look like the dead founding fathers . |
| 19 | It 's always dark in morning in winter — it used to be dark when I got up to go to the building site . |
| 20 | Some time later I got up to go to the loo . |
| 21 | Passenger John Keane , of Newmarket , Co Cork , said : ‘ I got up to go to the toilet at 6 o'clock and noticed this very strong , striking smell . |
| 22 | As he got up to go to the microphone , I asked him what he was going to sing . |
| 23 | The man and the crocodile settled down to watch the film , then during the interval , the crocodile got up to go to the toilet . |
| 24 | If you got up to go to the loo , you 'd trip over this bundle . ’ |
| 25 | By 2.30am , Liz was feeling increasingly uncomfortable , though , so she got up to go to the loo and by ten to three , she was finding it impossible to get back to sleep . |
| 26 | Anyway , at about half past two , I got up to go to the loo and my waters broke — just a trickle , but I knew what it was . |
| 27 | I got up to go to the toilet but they er must have been too quick for me , . |
| 28 | ‘ For the good it did me , ’ Ruth murmured as she got up to go to the shower-room . |
| 29 | He got up to walk down the hill in the golden light . |
| 30 | God damn Humber , I thought , and got up to write on the charts on the bed-table . |