Example sentences of "[verb] up with a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her resentment of Guy Sterne 's involvement with her family was somehow getting mixed up with a physical chemistry , she decided uneasily , and she found the latter far more confusing and unnerving . |
| 2 | The Marxist thesis that power lies with whoever controls the " means of production " , is usually mixed up with an egalitarian thesis that each producer has a natural moral right to the power which his production generates . |
| 3 | Blundering mechanics had got it mixed up with an identical model parked next to it in the workshop . |
| 4 | CIARAN McVeigh from Parkside Snooker Club , Lurgan whitewashed Kieran Erwin 3–0 in the Drumgor Top 64 tournament last night opening up with a 122 break . |
| 5 | We had just finished the DI ( daily inspection ) when a very elderly photographer wandered up with a rickety tripod and ancient camera . |
| 6 | We have recently had another Degree Day and an opportunity to meet up with a few familiar faces . |
| 7 | If the plan goes through , the mine would push further west from the workings acquired when Wheal Jane lined up with a second mine , Mount Wellington , a couple of years ago . |
| 8 | It is not only the victims of mental or physical abuse who grow up with a faulty self-image . |
| 9 | Unlike its predecessors , Warrior is capable of keeping up with a Main Battle Tank across country |
| 10 | A fast stage-coach could now cover over a hundred miles in a single day , good roads and weather permitting , though comfort was not necessarily to be looked for and there was an outside chance of ending up with a foul-mouthed and drunken coachman for the length of the journey . |
| 11 | And ending up with a thumping great lie . |
| 12 | Clearly , unless these features are defined with precision , there is a danger of ending up with a tautological explanation : what is recent must also be novel because it is recent . |
| 13 | Weary constituency and trade union delegates , queuing for a cup of tea and a sandwich , constantly risk ending up with a signed copy of someone 's memoirs . |
| 14 | This can sometimes mean throwing away your own idea when your art director has come up with a better one — very hard on your ego but a necessary victory for good judgement . |
| 15 | The Beatles/Stones/Kinks/Peters And Lee have come up with a real smasher this time |
| 16 | However , by handling the machine with some software , Comet Data could have come up with a real bargain . |
| 17 | So Clinton has come up with a mixed bag of tricks : some of his proposals will be interpreted as inflationary ( the new mandates on business , for example — including a requirement that all employers spend a minimum of 1.5% of payroll on continuing education and training ) . |
| 18 | Land has come up with a credible answer in his Retinex theory of colour perception ( Land 1974 ) . |
| 19 | Perhaps , thought Robert , he had simply been playing for time and had now come up with a credible answer . |
| 20 | There are structural difficulties and the Council of Ministers has come up with a typical measure — just finding a few extra bob to see whether it will solve the problem . |
| 21 | Wallace had come up with a great zoological truth . |
| 22 | Such crassness was inevitable but for all that the Warner Bros team had come up with a powerful film . |
| 23 | Needlers has come up with a good compromise with the introduction of its New Energy Bar . |
| 24 | There are probably many examples of instances in which Western technology has come up with a good idea which has the capability of helping the hundreds of millions of people in the Developing World . |
| 25 | Buffallo , however , have come up with a good trowel at a very modest price . |
| 26 | Elsewhere in the media world , LWT has come up with a new plan to restructure itself ahead of the new franchise auction in 1992 . |
| 27 | He was , however , full of enthusiasm for the resumption of operations as soon as possible and had come up with a new idea . |
| 28 | Spear & Jackson has come up with a new range of screwdrivers , colour-coded for easier identification . |
| 29 | The Department of Trade and Industry 's Companies Division has come up with a new model form , intended to help companies to investigate ownership of their shares under s 212 of the Companies Act 1985 ( p 100 ) . |
| 30 | The Department of Trade and Industry 's Companies Division has come up with a new model form , which it believes will help companies investigate their shares under s 212 of the 1985 Companies Act . |