Example sentences of "[vb base] up [prep] their [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Has fertility changed mostly because successive cohorts each grow up with their own characteristic attitude to childbearing ( ‘ cohort ’ effects ) , or do families respond in a more opportunistic way to the economic and social opportunities or problems of the moment ( ‘ period ’ effects ) ? |
2 | Now Leicester need a win in their last game , and they have to hope Boro slip up in their last two , at home to Grimsby on Tuesday and at Wolves next Saturday , if they are to keep hold of second place and avoid the nerve-wracking play-offs . |
3 | Not all British private-eye stories match up to their American counterparts , but it can be done . |
4 | These snazzy rollers heat up in their own box which holds three different sized , colour-coded rollers . |
5 | It will ask why women put up with their subordinate position in society , or rather , examine the strength of the pressures which make it difficult for women to produce social change despite their continuing attempts to do so . |
6 | Most cases clear up on their own , without special treatment . |
7 | Although these are intended to complement written work , they almost always stand up in their own right . |
8 | KINGMAKER , recently returned from their first major US outing , load up with their current ‘ Armchair Anarchist ’ single and launch into their UK tour with a live assault visiting . |
9 | Croydon 's Faith Over Reason are n't celebrities yet , though it probably wo n't be long before more pick up on their competent folk-rock . |
10 | Croydon 's Faith Over Reason are n't celebrities yet , though it probably wo n't be long before more pick up on their competent folk-rock . |
11 | Facts and figures , they argue , should replace the soothing refrain that ‘ it is only a matter of time ’ before women lawyers make up on their male counterparts . |
12 | None of the group is especially common as fossils , but they make up for their general rarity by their interest . |
13 | She also thinks that men tend to choose women who make up for their own shortcomings . |
14 | They ride … they race … they watch for fun … and they roll up in their thousands … the South Midlands Area Hunt Club got the new season underway at Heythrop near Chipping Norton with a bumper card of 158 horses and 11 races … |
15 | Just turn up on their own , or get , come by car or something |
16 | Manchester United fail to win the Championship for 25 years in a row , but attract the biggest crowds of all ; Everton supporters turn up in their thousands week after week , ignoring the better , winning team that plays a matter of yards away ; the absence of Gascoigne and Lineker will not deter the Tottenham faithful . |
17 | We know that the syntactic rules of SSL turn up in their written Swedish and so by analogy , children who grow up with Signed Swedish should instead be influenced to use the correct word order . |
18 | ‘ Funny , ’ says Hulk Hogan , just before Secret Shine turn up in their bloodied butcher 's aprons and dismember him with their thumbs so they can use his torso to stir some soup made from doctors , ‘ I thought all the bands on Sarah were useless , overly well-spoken , terminally passive rock inadequates wallowing in their own love of wimping insipidness . ’ |
19 | Towards evening the owls start up with their eerie hooting and screeching . |
20 | They will soon ascertain whether or not Gore-Tex and Timberland live up to their much-vaunted specifications . |
21 | THE HONEY THIEVES : ‘ Second Hand Man ’ ( Buzz ) wild , leather-clad bunch of rockin' Dubliners with their second buzz-inducing single , produced by Chris Allison , and the follow up to their Irish Top 20 hit , ‘ Drive ’ — out on Monday |
22 | The only thing that could warp the way that the band goes is the media , because they lie for the most part ; they come up with their own reasons and their own interpretations and people just believe what they read . ’ |
23 | Yes they come up with their own scythes oh yes they all had that er and oh could fairly sharpen too . |