Example sentences of "[to-vb] up [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not to marry , but just to meet up on a regular basis and do nice things together such as walks , long discussions about books and music , that sort of thing . |
| 2 | She wanted to curl up in a small ball somewhere quiet , dark and safe , and stay there until she felt capable of facing the world again . |
| 3 | One reason there is so little change in most traditional bureaucratic organizations , I argue , is that they have conditioned out of people the willingness to stand up for a new idea . |
| 4 | Even at this stage he was thinking of the day he would bring a murderer into court and his evidence would have to stand up to a hostile defence counsel . |
| 5 | The concrete was cold to his bottom , and he stared at the stairs down which Bunty had fallen , his throat and his face and his eyes seeming to swell up in a great hot surge of grief . |
| 6 | Underlining the endless uncertainty that surrounds any industrial or commercial company that has the misfortune to be controlled by the state , France 's chronic loss-maker Compagnie des Machines Bull SA has been given two months to come up with a viable strategy , French Industry Minister Gerard Longuet said after a news conference where he outlined his policies after six weeks in office . |
| 7 | Underlining the endless uncertainty that surrounds any industrial or commercial company controlled by the state , France 's loss-maker Compagnie des Machines Bull SA has been given two months to come up with a viable strategy , French Industry Minister Gerard Longuet said after a news conference where he outlined his policies after six weeks in office . |
| 8 | Well , I 'm terribly sorry if I did n't add another notch to your bedpost , but look on the bright side — at least I saved you the bother of having to come up with a nice little farewell speech at the end of it all . |
| 9 | Stung , the League said yesterday that they expect ITV to come up with a new date within the next fortnight and they will not tolerate one beyond the scheduled season 's end of May 5 . |
| 10 | The SSC will hold a meeting in June , when all sorts of would-be participants will try to come up with a new detector . |
| 11 | This left five days for the Patent Office and its advertising agency , Ayer , to come up with a new version . |
| 12 | Workers at Britain 's Institute of Geological Sciences aim , however , to come up with a new set of tools that can indicate minerals much further under the ground . |
| 13 | So , whichever way we bob and weave , I 'll be able to re-jig the data or reporting structures to come up with a new geographical analysis or responsibility centre , whatever way we want to report . ’ |
| 14 | Now writers are trying to come up with a new story for Willis as rival studios race to cash in on the Die Hard formula . |
| 15 | It wants vendors to use the P5 code name until the chip is formally announced , and has invited employees to come up with a new name that stresses 80386 and 80486 compatibility — so the RISC 86 suggestion did not get a warm welcome . |
| 16 | BAeSEMA has been contracted by the navy to come up with a new design for bridges incorporating the latest in ergonomic practice . |
| 17 | After a two-hour meeting , the Lib Dem leader , Jim Wallace , said his party had given the organisation another chance to come up with a new way forward . |
| 18 | IBM is promising to come up with a cost-efficient CMOS microprocessor-based 390 in the second half of the year . |
| 19 | Even as she turned towards the staircase she was still trying to come up with a good reason for not sleeping in his bed , but when she reached the top step she turned with a resigned sigh towards his room , too bone weary to argue any more . |
| 20 | Now I struggled to come up with a good word or phrase to describe that , but the one we use for now is multicultural . |
| 21 | Being able to come up with a strong hook in a bass line can make a song . |
| 22 | Originally intending to go on stage , drop ten poems and have them recorded for vinyl , Galliano have enlisted the help of former Style Council keyboardist Mick Talbot to come up with a calling card that bodes well for the future . |
| 23 | That surely Mr Mayor is the very essence of politics , to come up with a modern solution to today 's problems . |
| 24 | Mr Consey told The Art Newspaper , ‘ We are going to try to come up with a modified plan whereby overflow parking may be off-site . |
| 25 | They desperately need a top-class fast bowler and ordered their cricket committee to come up with a suitable candidate . |
| 26 | ‘ Given access to the data back at your office , I should be able to come up with a suitable package . ’ |
| 27 | This precise dilemma led Shaun Mason from Doncaster , South Yorkshire to come up with a tremendous brain-wave . |
| 28 | Town 's reprieve FOOTBALL : A winding-up hearing yesterday gave Northampton chairman Michael McRitchie eight weeks to come up with a financial package to save the debt-crippled club . |
| 29 | It has n't changed but as we said on Friday morning the D of E amongst others have sugg er expressed a view that the panel ought to try to come up with a general location if we can . |
| 30 | Though most merchants say it is too early to come up with a firm idea of the trade , the initial reports on quality suggest some low nitrogens and good bushel weights , at least for the Puffin that seems to predominate at the moment . |