Example sentences of "[vb infin] up [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well obviously that factor er was considered carefully by the Ministry of Defence before our Secretary of State agreed that we could safely defer the in service date for Eurofighter two thousand and adjust the the er replacement plan er back in December ninety two , so we have looked at what is the current rate of consumption of airframe life on the jaguar er what can be done economically and sensibly to keep it flying safely and effectively into the next century and er we have come to the conclusion that we have a viable plan here which can tie up with the planned rate of delivery to service of Eurofighter two thousand . |
| 2 | ‘ It would be naive to think that all a Labour government has to do is increase revenue support , encourage greater investment and Britain 's railway system would automatically catch up with the best in Europe , ’ he said . |
| 3 | Well let's catch up with the latest from the Manor ground , I think Nick Harris is back in the press box now . |
| 4 | She would never catch up with the enormous range of reading which seemed to be taken for granted by Bob and his friends , never . |
| 5 | It still exists and it will undoubtedly catch up with the retail price index shortly and go ahead of it from 1994 onwards , as the direct tax burden which is included in the TPI rises faster than the indirect taxes which go into the RPI . |
| 6 | I thought I 'd wait up for the early morning newscast on the radio . ’ |
| 7 | With patterned fabric , the design must line up across the whole width of the curtain . |
| 8 | And in this case we had to align the timber so that a sheet of plasterboard would line up with the projecting wall |
| 9 | Equally , seven Yorkshire clubs will line up in the 1992–93 Pilkington Cup competition , two as Yorkshire qualifiers , three as National Division Three qualifiers and two as National Division Two qualifiers not competing in the Yorkshire Cup . |
| 10 | What I hear , which was straight off the phone last night , is that the Dutch fans will team up with the English fans , and back the English fans on to the beach and they will try and drown a few of the English people and they will throw bombs at them . |
| 11 | We do n't break up till the twenty eighth . |
| 12 | Instead , The Charlatans are using the States to ‘ warm up for the British tour ’ and to break in new songs such as ‘ Rainbow Kisser ’ and another one about ‘ people making other people into gods ’ ( Work that one out folks ! ) . |
| 13 | Instead , The Charlatans are using the States to ‘ warm up for the British tour ’ and to break in new songs such as ‘ Rainbow Kisser ’ and another one about ‘ people making other people into gods ’ ( Work that one out folks ! ) . |
| 14 | But she , she could bleeding dress up to the nines . |
| 15 | The girls bringing in the parcel could dress up like the bridegroom-to-be , taking his work or hobby as the theme , or like any male characters such as footballers , policemen or policewomen wearing sunglasses , gorillas with cigars , city gents in bowler hats , or a spoof pop group of boys in short trousers and caps singing , ‘ Will you still need me when I 'm sixty-four ? ’ . |
| 16 | He did n't feel up to the mildest of rebuffs from her ; he seemed to have gone back to a relationship like an adolescent infatuation , reading rejection in the most innocent of her actions . |
| 17 | He remembers his lonely school days , in assured manner that his son will not grow up in the same way . |
| 18 | There we are we all have different ones but we should all finish up with the same answer . |
| 19 | Do n't give up at the first mistake ; ask God to forgive you and help you to start all over again . |
| 20 | erm , you do n't give up at the first little hurdle . |
| 21 | I 'd ease up on the hard stuff if I were you . |
| 22 | ‘ You mean if he does n't show up at the right time the opportunity wo n't occur again ? ’ |
| 23 | I would have tried to ask Dudley Wood , secretary to the RFU , but he did n't show up at the new kit 's launch … |
| 24 | In any case , he added , people did not show up for the political meetings , only arriving in time for the drinking afterwards . |
| 25 | This would show up in the sedimentary and stratigraphic evidence . |
| 26 | I was hoping that Vecchi would show up in the near future and save everybody a lot of headaches . |
| 27 | For a demonstration or more information on how Victor can help you shape up for the 90's contact any one of our Victor Authorised Dealers or call Sarah Brown at Victor on . |
| 28 | In this situation you should gradually work up to the 20-minute target . |
| 29 | You will probably find that the sander will not work up to the very edge of the floor , so you will have to hire a smaller unit to finish off the job . |
| 30 | He believes that the jets may originate from ‘ dikes ’ — a geological term for tilted strata or layers or others particularly dusty areas which might stick up from the surrounding surface . |