Example sentences of "[vb infin] up [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as a human baby may draw comfort from sucking a dummy , so occasionally a baby elephant will sidle up to a young female and suck her milkless nipple . |
| 2 | The worlds they encompass read end to end do n't add up or line up along a single straight trajectory . |
| 3 | A host of current Irish League stars who came through the ranks will line up in a special BB challenge match . |
| 4 | Whatever figure you choose , you can then borrow up to a given multiple of that amount whenever you like , either in a lump sum or in small irregular amounts . |
| 5 | She did n't feel up to a zealous dyke conversion . |
| 6 | ‘ He did n't quite grow up with a happy trusting nature like you and George . ’ |
| 7 | Beauty is often the object of envy by a plain person , yet people whose prettiness as children captivated the adults around them may grow up with a severe disadvantage . |
| 8 | When all the contributions are joined together we should finish up with a representative item using a piece of apparatus . |
| 9 | If you decide to design your own lace pattern , do remember that you must transfer to both left and right rather than in just one direction or you may finish up with a definite bias in your knitting . |
| 10 | At the same time let your hands lift up in a semi-circular motion and come down to your sides . |
| 11 | For the fox , use sand or a very light shade of tan ( not too dark or it will not show up on a dark background ) . |
| 12 | Remember that these are colour effects , and they will therefore not show up on a black and white viewfinder . |
| 13 | The contrary relation will therefore show up in a sentential context that specifies , or at least implies , that a single event is being referred to , such as I only met Mary once , and that was today/yesterday or ( somewhat less convincingly ) It was today/yesterday that I met Mary . |
| 14 | But , in fact , virtually no behavioural tendency which constitutes genuine action can just show up in a cultural context ‘ as itself ’ . |
| 15 | Does it mean that it is well landscaped , built of local materials , does n't stick up like a sore thumb ? |
| 16 | The only problem was convincing them they could n't follow up with a New Year 's knees-up a week later . |
| 17 | In this way , new requests for credit may run up against a powerful and undeniably sensible combination of background knowledge and personal experience which rules them out , even when the applicant whose personal circumstances ring these alarm bells would have been a satisfactory payer . |
| 18 | Try to go to bed only when you 're tired but do not stay up past a certain critical time , say one hour after you would normally go to bed . |
| 19 | It may be worth investing in a course of vitamin supplements — they ca n't make up for a poor diet but they can provide a useful boost occasionally . |
| 20 | In these hot summer months prudent Japanese girls suppress the potential faux pas of erect nipples that could spring up from a cool blast of the air-conditioner by sticking on a handy pair of ‘ Nipples ’ . |
| 21 | If you do take a paid job , bear in mind that although you can earn up to a certain amount per week without affecting your state pension your wages will also be subject to income tax . |
| 22 | If you draw your pension , you can earn up to a certain amount a week without affecting it . |
| 23 | Will he contrast that with the words of the Leader of the Opposition to the effect that Labour would sign up to a single currency now , irrevocably ? |
| 24 | On employment , the Labour party would sign up for a massive extension of Community competence and majority voting in the name of the social charter . |
| 25 | The chances are it will blow up into a huge row , or even a fight , just as you are about to go on stage at the Marquee . |
| 26 | I think one of the things the American companies often do is that , rather than set up on a green field site , they often buy into an existing company , erm , and therefore it 's , it 's , it 's a , it 's a somewhat different form of investment to the |
| 27 | It was like being adrift on a warm sea , floating on a slow , swelling tide that would eventually wash up on a sun-kissed beach in little breakers of sparkling foam . |
| 28 | Having raised turnover from £9m at its float six years ago to £118m last year , the 165-year-old group has outgrown the unlisted securities market and will move up to a full quote in May . |
| 29 | GRAMPIAN 'S campaign to win access to greater European funding will move up from a fast trot to canter , now that the Highlands and Islands look to have won their case , said regional convener Bob Middleton yesterday , writes Peter Jones . |
| 30 | But there are two other prices where you can sell up from a full page and that 's that pre a premium slot like you see there and the chemist there will have paid twelve hundred pound . |