Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] up [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their attempt to whip up opposition to him when news of Stony Stratford reached London had proved abortive and since then they had apparently been a spent force . |
| 2 | Their attempt to whip up opposition to him when news of Stony Stratford reached London had proved abortive and since then they had apparently been a spent force . |
| 3 | The sensor measures alkalinity and when the level falls below a pre-set value it activates a pump that delivers product from a bulk container to the tank in sufficient quantity to make up solution to the desired strength . |
| 4 | Dressing often becomes a battle at this time , as you try to hurry the process by helping where help is n't wanted and she becomes more and more frustrated when her leg goes in the wrong hole or the jumper ends up back to front . |
| 5 | In contrast to this move to open up broadcasting to the free market , there is the desire to monitor and control output . |
| 6 | About two minutes later Danny 's truck , with us following close behind , turned a corner and there was the slip road leading to the Motorway — only nothing was ever going to get far down that road for there were the four big trucks in Big Ben 's convoy lined up wall to wall across the road facing us . |
| 7 | Finally , the Yugoslav government held up payment to the construction enterprises for several more months , and then paid them in dinars at the current rate of exchange , which was considerably worse than the rate applicable at the time when payment was originally due . |