Example sentences of "[vb past] up with the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They caught up with the truck and followed it back to camp . |
| 2 | Over the next decade , Xerox caught up with the competition . |
| 3 | It is precisely because market forces have in the long run caught up with the operation of the CAP , as they inevitably would , that we are in such trouble . |
| 4 | If she thought her troubles would be over when and if I caught up with the blackmailer , she was way off . |
| 5 | For them , especially , it 's time we caught up with the rest of the European Community and extended to all workers employment protection , pro rata benefits and pay , as well as parental leave and childcare . |
| 6 | The Rector of Londesborough saved the day by giving chase in his car and he and Fred caught up with the horse at the farm gate , waiting to be let in . |
| 7 | I found myself half-way up the path between the rhododendrons before the conscious mind caught up with the fact that , though there had been a padlock on the garden gate , the gate had been unlocked . |
| 8 | I was carved up by a let-me-through Porsche , with a chap at the wheel chatting into his Deutsche Telekom mobile phone , and then caught up with the car again a few kilometres further on , where it had slithered on the wet cobbles and collided with an antique tram . |
| 9 | He watched as Turakina caught up with the pig and rode over it . |
| 10 | With only a slight quickening of their pace , Roderick Random , the eponymous hero of Smollett 's 1739 novel , and his companion caught up with the carrier wagon and for a shilling were taken to the next inn on their journey from Newcastle to London . |
| 11 | The old man had set off too and as he caught up with the cart he looked up at the fuming totter . |
| 12 | After riding for some time in the dark , they finally caught up with the cart at a toll-gate . |
| 13 | As Joseph caught up with the senator and Chuck , Jacques Devraux appeared on the track ahead , walking quickly back towards them . |
| 14 | When I was a lad a man went in the ar , he hooked up with the army if he 'd got no trade and no hope |
| 15 | Bryan Thomson 's match was already at the first tee when Patrick strolled up with the bag of clubs over his shoulder . |
| 16 | ‘ So it came up with the idea of an amnesty on illegal weapons . ’ |
| 17 | As manager Scott Piering was overburdened with similar requests from fanzines , Morrissey came up with the idea of gathering a forum from six or seven of these fanzines . |
| 18 | The five research nurses at Abingdon Hospital , near Oxford , independently came up with the idea that there was a need for a national representative body . |
| 19 | Along with the bruises , I was left with the problem of what to do in the Grand Final , and eventually came up with the idea of a prop stool which would collapse at the touch of a button and jump up again on its own . |
| 20 | It was Alistair Bruce who came up with the idea . |
| 21 | I came up with the idea of having a sale . |
| 22 | As a way of avoiding crippling purchase tax , which only applied to completed goods , Mr Chapman came up with the idea of selling the car in kit form . |
| 23 | Determined not to let herself be beaten by such obstacles , Prue came up with the idea of a luncheon club for professional women in the Exeter area . |
| 24 | Cold fusion is the brainchild of Charles Frank , who first came up with the idea in 1947 . |
| 25 | A group of Dutch artists under the collective name of ‘ Cargo ’ recently came up with the idea of dropping 20,000 loaves of bread into the sea as an act of sacrifice ‘ from the nation ’ . |
| 26 | Local floatplane pilot Hugh Carlson , almost as a joke , came up with the idea of ‘ Why do n't we put one up on a pole ? ’ |
| 27 | After initial experiments with raised beds , ramps and customised tools some lateral thinkers from both groups came up with the idea of a wheelchair with a seat which could be lowered to the plants at ground level . |
| 28 | They came up with the idea , what did the form teacher do ? |
| 29 | MEMBERS of Southport Branch 's Service Circle each won 50 Ovations when they came up with the idea to give printed appointment cards to customers . |
| 30 | Colin came up with the idea for an environmental action cartoon for children 's television . |