Example sentences of "[verb] up [prep] [pron] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because I just in my normal sort of intelligent way asked the librarian to come up with lots of cuttings on environmental health and let me have a quick little read , this was probably about twenty to three or something you know I probably needed about three weeks to do it . |
| 2 | Nigel Clogstoun-Willmott , caught up in something of the optimism in the British Imperial Headquarters at Cairo after General Wavell 's sweeping desert victories of December 1940 , was aware of these and many more problems as he completed a survey through the periscope of a mine-laying submarine off the island of Rhodes , which lies close to the Turkish coast ( see map p. 116 ) . |
| 3 | Not going to school , and having to pretend I did n't live on the island all the time , has meant that I did n't grow up with anybody of my own age ( except Eric , of course , but even he was away for a long time ) , and about the time I was thinking of venturing further afield and getting to know more people Eric went crazy , and things got a bit uncomfortable in the town for a while . |
| 4 | Yeah we could cut it into twelfths but there are only two people so they 're gon na finish up with lots of little bits are n't they if we cut it |
| 5 | From these sorts of consideration it became clear that light is made up of lots of particles . |
| 6 | The letter lived up to none of them , though its contents were not unpleasing . |
| 7 | Of course our tap may cause the glass to fill up in lots of different ways . |
| 8 | By 18 months your thoughtful livewire will be coming up with plenty of ideas of his own . |
| 9 | Let us examine the implications of this ; property crime became by far the most common form of crime during the period in which the prison emerged ; therefore forced labour would have become the most common punishment ; forced labour requires incarceration ( people tend not to turn up for it of their own free will ) . |
| 10 | It 's the kind of haul which could end up in lots of Christmas stockings , videos , perfume , clothes and even watches . |
| 11 | If you can come up with lots of names , let the nearest branch , or your area organiser know . |
| 12 | The Armenians believed that Ararat was the centre of the world ; but the mountain was divided between three great empires , and the Armenians ended up with none of it , so I sha n't continue this comparison . |
| 13 | Backed up with lots of advertising aimed at upmarket buyers , the formula worked like magic . |
| 14 | Throughout the 1960's the Club continued to increase its membership and with it came the demand for better facilities backed up with plenty of suggestions ! |
| 15 | There are easy-to-follow charted patterns , backed up with plenty of information on planning and designing your own patterns . |