Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] up [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was due to go up to the Blue Mountains that morning and she started having pains , she said . |
| 2 | The former James Bond star got stagefright only weeks before the curtain was due to go up on the original West End show and made a shock exit . |
| 3 | I think Chris Patten is right to stand up to the Chinese , even though it may make very little difference in the end . |
| 4 | We were up early the next morning at 06.00 to go up to the station to catch the 07.19 Leighton - Euston train , which is a semi-stopper , it took an hour to get there . |
| 5 | on long , summer evenings ) and quite another to go up to a girl , even one I had known for years and actually do such a thing . |
| 6 | And of course Mr our salesman er he took it up to that big estate and er Mr had got too old to go up to the shooting on the horse you know . |
| 7 | For many Arabs the invasion of Kuwait confirmed Saddam as the foremost pan-Arab nationalist leader and the first Arab ruler since Egypt 's Abdel Gamal Nasser who was fully prepared to stand up to the USA . |
| 8 | You know the old adage that , I mean one of the reasons is it 's so much easier to come up with a scandal , to come with a rats in the basement or something like that and intrigue people , than it is to come up with some , the positive angles . |
| 9 | They are ideal for large breeds , or individuals which have a back ailment of any kind and may find it painful to curl up in a basket . |
| 10 | I shall not sleep , she told herself , I must not sleep , and shivered in her nightdress on the edge of the single bed , afraid to reach up to the hook for her dressing gown . |
| 11 | I want James in the front today because the buggy is easier to tip up with the lightest one in the front . |
| 12 | Some people find it easier to give up with a friend or a group at work . |
| 13 | The Roman Catholics were interested that a combination between a Russian refugee , Georges Florovsky , an English high churchman , Michael Ramsey , and a dogmatic Swiss Protestant , Karl Barth , brought the ecumenical movement to an impasse because none of them was prepared to put up with a Protestant federation , and the union of these unlikely allies was too powerful to overcome . |
| 14 | Rather like the systems employed by general practitioners , there are advantages and disadvantages to both methods , with patients perhaps preferring the former system and being prepared to put up with a long delay once in the clinic to a worried wait of two or three days . |
| 15 | intended to stay , because the immediate reaction to something like that happening is n't necessarily erm , all bad , I mean people are quite glad that they are still alive and they 're quite prepared to put up with the possible fallout of the consequences of that so that they can stay in their own homes . |
| 16 | Bricks , old tiles , new tiles , quarry tiles , Mexican , French or Spanish tiles , ceramic tiles , slate and even marble facing all look spectacular — provided , of course , that you are prepared to put up with the clattering noise from chairs being pulled up to the table and pushed back . |
| 17 | people , is not , are not just opting out of marriage , but they 're not prepared to put up with the situation , |
| 18 | ‘ We must be prepared to put up wi' a bit of discomfort , ’ Ernest said . |
| 19 | Overall what stands out from intercity comparisons such as these is that firstly , London 's difficulties are echoed elsewhere , which is comforting since it is generally easier to put up with a problem if you know that others share it . |
| 20 | Concrete must be used within four house of mixing , and it is usually easier to keep up with the latter type , which is laid as it is mixed . |
| 21 | He arrived at the crowded town square near Bogota and was born shoulder high to climb up onto the back of a truck to make his campaign speech . |
| 22 | Now he was prepared to live up to the role . |
| 23 | I think , you know , you say you 've got a month , I think you 're gon na need also to try and find out from your membership as to whether in fact they 're prepared to turn up on a Saturday as well . |
| 24 | Mr Schrodinger informs you that the customer is prepared to pay up to a maximum of £20,000 for the order . |
| 25 | Bobby Robson said : ‘ I spoke to Bryan and he declared himself fit and willing to join up with the party . |
| 26 | The signs are that he is prepared to sign up for the emerging versions of both political and monetary union . |
| 27 | Major Match was favourite to follow up in the latest running of the Kempton contest , but had a rough time , getting knocked around before trailing in last behind Far Senior . |
| 28 | It was exciting to travel up on the night train and to find Granny waiting beside the fire in the hall , as exhilarated by the festivities as any of her grandchildren . |
| 29 | I told them , as I tell alumni wherever I meet them , that the best thing you can do for the University is to remember its strengths , and in your normal professional and daily lives to be prepared to speak up on the University 's behalf when you think it is appropriate . |
| 30 | It is impossible to creep up on the duck , because its 360 degree vision takes in the slightest movement anywhere around it . |