Example sentences of "[vb infin] up on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some caterpillars possess the markings of small venomous snakes and , when approached too closely , will rear up on the branch and wave their fake snake-heads at the attacker . |
| 2 | We 'll tie up on the island and stretch our legs a bit . |
| 3 | ‘ You can catch up on the reading in-flight . |
| 4 | You 've got a long and full life ahead of you , chum , so you must now stop worrying and go back to sleep and catch up on the strength you 'll need for living it up when you 're better . ’ |
| 5 | It 's J 's birthday on April 2nd & they are having a party ( at last ! ) so I 'll catch up on the news then — they are v. seldom at Gayfield St these days , so I never see them . |
| 6 | To that individual 's horrified disbelief , the animal then proceeds to rub around his or her legs and may even jump up on the person 's lap . |
| 7 | ‘ There was I , feeling flattered at the attention you were paying me , when all the time you were just testing me out to see that I would n't dry up on the air ! |
| 8 | But do n't hang up on the shares because I reckon they could hit Pounds 4 by Christmas . |
| 9 | We would say to workers that if there has been penetration or an exchange of bodily fluids , then the subject may crop up on the agenda . ’ |
| 10 | This made it all the harder for the mother to treat the ailing youngster and she might give up on the treatment for this reason . |
| 11 | They might as well give up on the spot . |
| 12 | Incidents are categorized by the degree of paperwork involved , and the best shifts are those where ‘ you 're kept busy but with stuff you can clear up on the spot ’ ( FN 26/5/87 , p. 34 ) . |
| 13 | I 'm currently working out measures which can follow up on the policy statement and bring about changes in practice and law . |
| 14 | Chaff and grain can no longer build up on the screen , air flow stays constant and the main turbine blades ( over £100 each ) are n't assaulted by small and/or shattered grain . |
| 15 | No , you might puke up on the way |
| 16 | As the vehicle passes over successive toll points , charges will clock up on the vehicle 's account , rather like a telephone bill . |
| 17 | About half an hour before the return of the aircraft on operational nights we would wake up the duty Met Officer , who was usually snoozing in the ante-room , so that he could mug up on the weather situation before the first of the returning crews came in . |
| 18 | Now that her ankle was better she should really go back and chase up on the calls Steve should have made in Palma so that it was all tied up when he got back but she did n't want to spoil it all with Fernando . |
| 19 | But ‘ it was evidently all she owned ; it was the home she had brought with her from the Fatherland , and would be the home she would set up on the prairie ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ We made a pact , that even if we split up , we would meet up on the bridge again one day . |
| 21 | I shall ride up on the Norton , ’ he told her , and there was a difficult pause in which she waited for him to suggest she should come up to Liverpool in the New Year . |
| 22 | ‘ Because when we do join up on the Monday , I do n't want them to be going into the game cold . |
| 23 | ‘ I was quite worried about making it hold up on the screen for two-and-a-half hours and it gave me pause . |
| 24 | Only crystal will pay up on the diagnosis , and make it possible . |
| 25 | The stories of what it was like there in the hours that followed , and of the lingering deaths of 31 of the most exposed people , make the hair stand up on the back of your neck . |
| 26 | People who 've seen it say it makes the hair stand up on the back of their necks . ’ |
| 27 | It 's hard to resist the malevolent allure of the Third Reich , and when I telephoned Sibylle one evening a week or so later , the sound of her rich , Teutonic voice eloquently describing its owner 's activities in the Hitler Youth movement made the hairs stand up on the back of my neck . |
| 28 | Every now and then one of them would stand up on the sofa and trample restlessly round like a dog resettling itself into its sleeping place . |
| 29 | Next day , the clan met out on the shore , where Eachuinn Odhar could stand up on the rocks among his officers , Donald Crubach at his side , and speak to all together . |
| 30 | I mean you can go up on the rest of the week , but the day before the holiday and the day after the holiday the |