Example sentences of "[noun sg] come up [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ And as it is the first case to come up in Scotland , it could help other people in the same circumstances . ’
2 The boat came up on top of the wave , with white water all around it .
3 When the Danzig Polish Accord came up for ratification , the Nazis ordered that all Polish Harbour Board officers should be replaced by German and Danzig officers .
4 When the permit came up for renewal in 1986 , Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldridge issued a general permit for the drift-netting to continue .
5 The lesser charges centred on the unlicensed pistol and stolen car came up for trial on 11th May .
6 spring term coming up to easter because until you know your budgets and your
7 I I 'm grateful Mr Deputy Speaker and I I will certainly er stay in order but the British electorate coming up to June the ninth and the European er elections will not know even if we pass these particular proposals tonight er in which constituencies they will be voting and if I may give an illustration as the honourable member for Truro did er er as far as his European constituency is concerned er the European constituency of Derbyshire Ashfield will d be divided into three different directions as the result of this particular order in council if we pass it tonight .
8 A Whitehall spokesman said the investigation would be extremely thorough and a decision should be ready by the time Yousefi comes up for parole after a third of his sentence .
9 When Checkland 's contract came up for renewal , it was renewed only for a token year .
10 Last season he was getting loads of stick and his contract came up for renewal — when we were in a potential relegation situation .
11 At a subsequent meeting an official added that it would be ‘ most unfortunate ’ if the evidence was being heard at the same time as the project 's grant came up for renewal .
12 Mother always got annoyed when that story came up in conversation , and I made sure that it frequently did .
13 It 's not so bad in Division Four , and when the opportunity came up at Ards , I jumped at it , ’ said Armstrong , who captained and coached Bangor before going back to end his playing days at Collegians a few seasons ago .
14 When this manuscript came up for sale in London in 1980 , its estimated value was £40,000-£60,000 .
15 When they were about to leave for the restaurant , a man standing near the bar came up to Kevin and said , ‘ If ye 're wanting a place here , the Half House is on the market . ’
16 Today the New Inn came up for auction at the Hereford Moat House , along with four other county pubs .
17 They bought half excuse me half of it and they lived in the basement , then the other half came up for sale so Peter bought the whole lot then
18 A little boy came up with lumps of rock in his hand .
19 When the 1927 Cinematograph Act came up for review , there was agreement that the quota had stimulated domestic production and should be renewed , but that the quickie had to go .
20 And when the sun came up in no-man's-land , it was hot .
21 Er , I am mindful chairman that I embarrassed you acutely at the end of education meeting on Friday , erm , and I know that I , I have a circumstance coming up in February , where I have a child who is unexpectedly on a training day , erm , on a day where I actually have two meetings of this council , now either I get substituted , or we arrange for a one off carer situation .
22 The problem law comes up for review in April , a piece of news that increased Carling 's alarm .
23 Geometry comes up to date
24 The nature of learner error comes up for consideration here .
25 ( It is worth noting in passing that a similar kind of question comes up for dancers as well as singers .
26 WOLVES paid a high price for their failure to come up with cash for David Kelly last season .
27 It might be a relationship irreparably broken by force of circumstance or particular events : divorce , miscarriage , failure to come up to expectations .
28 … before they were all sold , a quantity of the same sort came up to town at half the price , so that the rest remained on hand .
29 ‘ I left college in ‘ 76 , and subsequently hustled around for about four months working for various people , before I heard of a second assistant 's job coming up with David Thorpe .
30 ‘ There 's a job coming up in Easington where the Middlesbrough group is clearing a dyke system of the sort we are trying to create here .
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