Example sentences of "[vb infin] up [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't give up at the first mistake ; ask God to forgive you and help you to start all over again . |
| 2 | erm , you do n't give up at the first little hurdle . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've made some contacts that I can follow up over the next couple of weeks . |
| 4 | ( A couple of drunks do eventually square up in the third base bleachers , but by Stamford Bridge standards it is almost a mating ritual ) . |
| 5 | This expectation has rather been confirmed than otherwise by the superimposition in the last two years of an element of graduation in the contribution , the additional yield of which for many years to come will mainly help to finance the standard pension but which creates a right to additions to it which will gradually build up over the next forty years on an actuarial basis . |
| 6 | These feelings can build up into the next repeat of the same interchange . |
| 7 | I could double up on the first hit and get better odds . ’ |
| 8 | But young couples are often surprised , even shocked , by the ferocity of the rows that can suddenly blow up in the first year or two of marriage . |
| 9 | Now let's move up to the next port of call , which is Station . |
| 10 | ‘ How did you meet up in the first place ? |
| 11 | So I will take the blame for that one , but why did n't the machine tuck up on the first two garments of the same size ? |
| 12 | know is really , and it 's in the file , if they do pay up at the last we 've just got ta get |
| 13 | So , of course , we were getting a little bit panicky cos what 's worrying me , and it still worries me again we 've put all this time and effort in they may pay us alright , we 've got this twenty , they may pay us a second payment , but are they gon na pay up on the third ? |
| 14 | Two more previews to go , and then , at seven o'clock on the Thursday ( early so that the critics could get their copy in ) , the curtain would go up on the first night proper of The Hooded Owl . |
| 15 | The inspector was pleased to receive that , noting the fact that we had a , a drop in our work output but expected that , that would go up in the next year or two . |
| 16 | But the way he 's going he could just end up as the next Vinnie Jones . |
| 17 | It 's possible , mathematically , that Hartlepool will end up in the Second Division next season . |
| 18 | CAPTAIN Will Carling last night told England to sing up and play up in the first 20 minutes or risk Naas Botha wrecking their hopes of winning today 's historic international at Twickenham . |
| 19 | They can make a decent case that economic growth will pick up in the second half of the year . |
| 20 | So it 'll come up at the next C S N T . |
| 21 | I said well I 'm gon na come up in the next hour and I wan na |
| 22 | The first 15 overs yielded only 30 and the 100 did not come up until the 35th over . |
| 23 | They were pale Reds who did not wake up until the second half . |
| 24 | Angry with Nutty for her pigheadedness and superior airs , Nails did not turn up for the next swimming lesson . |
| 25 | Dana has missed a few fittings , but the earth wo n't stop turning and I 'm sure she 'll turn up for the next one . ’ |
| 26 | Paulos is admirable on the nature of coincidence — the inevitability of improbable events — on the logic of gambling in its various forms from coin-tossing to the Stock Exchange ; the Gambler 's Fallacy ( the belief that when a coin has landed heads several times over , there is an increased probability that tails will turn up on the next throw ) ; Pascal 's wager ; Condorcet 's paradox ; the prisoner 's dilemma . |