Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] up [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its cause is uncertain — it is also found even if we do not eat then — but it means that it is often possible to catch up on lost sleep by taking a nap at this time . |
| 2 | That 's if he 's willing to go up to twenty . |
| 3 | Some church leaders ( and lay people ) are already doing it regularly — guiding individuals in their praying , Bible reading , daily living — others , already over-busy , might well groan at the thought of the faithful queueing up for individual direction . |
| 4 | Menem also indicated that Argentina , in return for EC aid and improved trading arrangements , would be prepared to accept up to 300,000 immigrants from the former Eastern bloc over the next three years ; he discussed with EC commissioners the possible arrival of 40,000 immigrants in the short term . |
| 5 | Unless the Government is prepared to come up with some cash there is a real danger that the Dearing vision will be blinded by the dust which the report is rapidly gathering . |
| 6 | Just to prove that the Slovenians do not have a monopoly on canoeing competition labels on alcoholic drinks , the French came up with this pleasant number . |
| 7 | As we have seen , some prior harmonization of standards of authorization and supervision will be necessary but , those limited conditions having been met , banks will then be free to set up in other states . |
| 8 | During these moist-palmed days of self-discovery , it is taken for granted that the penis can withstand a rigorous pummelling up to eight times a day . |
| 9 | It was all Harriet could do not to confront her , have the whole thing out , tell her that she was not prepared to put up with such behaviour any longer , that she might be a war widow with a child , but she was living in her mother 's house and should at least not take such care and help for granted . |
| 10 | But having followed his behaviour over the past few Christmas seasons , I can not help wondering what sort of cringing helot population is to be found in the County of Nottingham which is prepared to put up with such a Chief Constable . |
| 11 | Evidence suggests that working class wives were prepared to put up with occasional drinking bouts by their husbands and the physical abuse that sometimes accompanied them rather than lose the economic support normally provided . |
| 12 | There was a long pause then Rachel went on , ‘ Ian was n't prepared to put up with that , and I decided if his understanding would n't stretch that far I was better off without him . ’ |
| 13 | This is really scraping the bottom of the barrel , selling off the defence related industries of our country and I do n't believe the people of this country will be prepared to put up with that . |
| 14 | fair point , its still er , I mean its a considerable number , I mean you can see why the insurance company 's are doing quite well , but your willing to put up with that as well for the , for the good points of a car , for the freedom that er , that cars give you and the safety someone has said , the individual safety as a woman , yes . |
| 15 | She must have loved the real father of Phena very much if she was willing to put up with all of this . |
| 16 | This meant that people were no longer willing to put up with unsatisfactory Church officials ; laymen especially were developing a personal spirituality which gave them a new confidence and commitment to their faith and which also enabled them to form an independent view of theology and Church organisation ; they no longer had to rely on the educated establishment . |
| 17 | The party faithful might be willing to put up with such dissonance among their candidates . |
| 18 | Dentists wo n't be willing to put up with such a pay cut . |
| 19 | Dentists wo n't be willing to put up with such a pay cut . |
| 20 | And the Dutch and the English put up with this for about fifteen seconds . |
| 21 | This weirdo is perceived as poking around dusty old bookshops instead of the gleaming God-have-you-any- conception -what-this-refit-has-just-cost-us sort of outlet and , worse , buys secondhand books , books that have already been sold and therefore attract no income or royalties whatever ; and who might even be willing to pay up to 10 times the original cover price if the damn thing is a first edition , whereas everyone knows that first editions are merely what are given away free , for heaven 's sake , to hacks who seldom review them and — even more galling — to the bloody authors who wrote them in the first place . |
| 22 | Sybil gave a knowing smile as if to imply that in the interests of justice she was prepared to face up to this bizarre , extremely unpleasant but undeniable phenomenon . |
| 23 | Conservative treatment with long term cyclophosphamide was effective in both stage I and stage IV disease , and all the patents are alive after a median follow up of 4.5 years . |
| 24 | Over 90% of the study population was successfully traced , with a median follow up of 14 years . |
| 25 | Analysis was performed in November 1991 providing minimum and median follow up of 1 and 4.5 years respectively . |
| 26 | Dufeck , also in 1990 described his experience with the procedure in 15 patients , five ( 33% ) of whom developed biliary complications , two requiring surgery , and three a repeat endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography to establish drainage ; 13 patients were symptom free at a median follow up of 25 months . |
| 27 | Gastroscopic follow up of pernicious anaemia patients |
| 28 | The need for gastroscopic follow up of pernicious anaemia patients is therefore still debated . |
| 29 | Harvard allowed no big orders over 25,000 shares , while it was willing to take up to 1 million shares on its books from sellers . |
| 30 | Or , or anything , you know so this er man one day he says , we were playing cards , he said , I 'm bloody fed up with this . |