Example sentences of "[vb -s] [to-vb] up [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alexandra , Lyddy and Janet took it in turns to sit up at night with her . |
| 2 | But I mean Alan has to go up to London ! |
| 3 | To replace all those lost factories , Japan needs to come up with firms strong in high-technology and services . |
| 4 | The living room has to house some or all of these things and if it 's used for eating has to come up with storage for china , glass and cutlery too . |
| 5 | British officials understand China 's concern at Mr Patten 's plans — but he has to come up with arrangement for elections in 1995 and although the colony 's business community is cool towards them there are growing demands for democracy . |
| 6 | AS THE USSR starts to own up to crimes like the wartime massacre of Polish officers at Katyn , the US is censoring its official records . |
| 7 | Of course , the Signature is gold-plated throughout while the JD has to put up with chrome . |
| 8 | I 'd forgotten what a delicious meal tea could be ; and sitting there I felt invaded by the envy of the man who lives in an institution , and has to put up with institution meals and institution everything else , for the rich private life of the established . |
| 9 | The second number of the 1993 volume , which has now gone to print , contains an extra selection of book reviews , and as well as the usual listing it has several other items that will be of interest to anyone who wants to keep up to date with what is being published . |
| 10 | Once appointed at a grade lower than one should be one has to face up to colleagues who are uncertain about the role and the duties of the candidate . |
| 11 | seven quarter to eight , the week days when she needs to get up at quarter to seven |
| 12 | Keith has to get up for school in the morning , but he 's not thinking about that at the minute . |
| 13 | I sent for him to his private address as soon as I got the news but he has to get up from Winchester . ’ |
| 14 | In Britain 's case it also remains true that she has to make up in sales to the world outside the EEC that which she loses by running a heavy deficit with the Community . |
| 15 | Cameraman Phillip Bonham-Carter , a favourite of the Queen , stands to make up to Pounds 100,000 from repeat fees and payments from foreign news organisations each time the shots are shown . |
| 16 | The New York-based Hungarian Telephone & Cable Corp plans to invest up to $300m in the development of local Hungarian telephone companies , installing up to 200,000 new telephone lines , and it also plans to invest the money it raised in long-distance telephone ventures . |
| 17 | Nintendo Co does plan to use satellites for delivery of computer games : the company says it plans to broadcast a game via satellite in Japan , and owners of its game computers that buy a decoder and adaptor — for about $85 — will be able to pick the thing up ; Nintendo also plans a national competition for high scorers in satellite games ; meantime Nintendo of America is poised for its largest launch of a video game ever this week in a bid to best Sega Enterprises Ltd — it plans to spend up to $15m in a month-long promotion of Star Fox , a science fiction action game inspired by Star Trek and Star Wars that uses its new Super FX technology , which includes a RISC embedded in the $60 games cartridge ; it claims to have 1m advance orders for it . |
| 18 | Amdahl plans to follow up with versions for IBM Corp 's RS/6000 in the second quarter of next year , and versions for other Unix machines led by Sun Microsystems Inc 's Sparcsystems , and also for IBM 's OS/2 , will follow . |
| 19 | Do you find that it is a particular type of child who tends to come up in front of you ? |
| 20 | Also it 's a role that tends to creep up on people — you do n't suddenly wake up one morning and find you are a carer . |
| 21 | A fish house tends to warm up with heat loss from the tanks — mine is generally about 60°F — and can be rather humid . |
| 22 | New Haven , Connnecticut-based Southern New England Telecommunications Corp says it plans to try video-on demand services in 500 homes later this year : the phone company says that it intends to charge up to $6 per month to connect to the network , but will it during the trial . |
| 23 | It does n't actually say I I I was just looking , it does n't s seems to go up to September nineteen eighty six but not to say that he had escaped from prison . |
| 24 | The subject of bar codes is one which seems to crop up in reader 's letters from time to time . |
| 25 | Downing Corporate Finance ( 071–411 4700 ) aims to raise up to £5m for House the Homeless of London ( Greenwich ) under the BES . |
| 26 | Last Christmas the Post Office handled 1.5bn letters , cards and parcels ; this year , from 1p per stamp , it aims to raise up to £1m to help charities carrying out community projects . |
| 27 | High-flying Currie has completed a course in parachuting , and he 's due to make a charity jump at Garvagh today , when he hopes to raise up to £1,000 to help the fight to save the South Tyrone Hospital 's maternity unit from closure . |
| 28 | Priory School 's Parents Association hopes to raise up to £5,000 to buy a second-hand horsebox to enable Mrs Long to continue raising funds and visiting schools . |
| 29 | The sale is part of Tarmac 's plan to reduce borrowings ; it hopes to raise up to £250m by selling non-core businesses . |
| 30 | A steering committee has been set up to monitor discrimination in Darlington and the county as a whole and it hopes to get up to £40,000 from Durham County Council and eight district councils to fund the scheme . |