Example sentences of "[vb infin] up with the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then we sit there talking and reading , thinking we 'll catch up with the recording in a couple of days — only we never do . |
| 2 | Soon , they would catch up with the sun and obscure it . |
| 3 | It could , therefore , be the case that , in future , the TV audience will gradually catch up with the TV commercial producers ' instincts . |
| 4 | " We 'd better catch up with the others , had n't we ? " he said quickly , gesturing along the track . |
| 5 | Sport now … and as England 's cricketers ' hopes of saving the ashes go up in smoke … we 'll catch up with the women who 're hoping to restore some national pride . |
| 6 | so while our climbers rest and enjoy the sea air we can now catch up with the rest of the sporting action … |
| 7 | Bernice could n't see what he thought he would be able to do even if they did catch up with the shapechangers . |
| 8 | Well I do n't know , ha ha have n't you got a position where er as , as we began to , to see last week , there is this radicalization coming in but the , the er i i it 's the peasants who 've moved to the left of the Party , you 're right , that they are inappropriate to this very moderate policy of rent reduction erm a tax on collaborators land is being redistributed and is n't saying right we , i i in the same way that , that Mao was identifying the problem in in , either you , you follow the masses or you , you lead them but , but thereof we are behind them and a sense the Party has got ta recognize that , it 's got ta catch up with the masses and is n't that first paragraph saying look this is the way you should be going , that there are peasants who are redistributing the land and land reform is in effect taking place and that 's what we want to see ? |
| 9 | Britain will also lead a project dealing with the acceptance of new technologies , and will team up with the US on new materials . |
| 10 | Just as they are taught other subjects , they should increasingly be taught about such topics as mental handicap so that they do not grow up with the prejudices that their parents may possess . |
| 11 | So I did n't grow up with the idea that I had a poet in the family , by marriage of course . |
| 12 | Even women who were constantly abused as children by fathers , stepfathers , uncles or family ‘ friends ’ can grow up with the idea that they 're somehow guilty themselves . |
| 13 | For a party you could prepare all four — and why not finish up with the orange and almond dessert on page 16 . |
| 14 | If it is true , I repeat that it does not square up with the Government 's protestations about their concern for safety . |
| 15 | It could now be argued that , throughout the history of the earth , Nature had rewarded those who were able and energetic , and punished those who could not keep up with the race towards higher things . |
| 16 | Global-scale investments in new skills and production approaches that can readily be transferred across borders have replaced much of the trade ; few can keep up with the pace of change . |
| 17 | We hope the 4 cylinder speedsters can keep up with the pace . |
| 18 | Motoring : Can R-R keep up with the times ? |
| 19 | Then suddenly , when Manson was in the headlines , as popular shows do , they said , we 've got ta keep up with the times and Hawaii Five-O went super psychedelic . |
| 20 | It was then that Teddy realised he could keep up with the love-of-his-life and help Anita and Bob . |
| 21 | But it seems that not everyone can keep up with the way our language is changing . |
| 22 | However the High Court can no longer keep up with the increase in applications for judicial reviews — there is an average delay of 18 months in getting a case heard . |
| 23 | With the verb help , the contrast between the two infinitives is harder to observe , as can be seen from ( 11 ) and ( 12 ) , where to keep and to explain could be substituted without altering their import to any significant degree : ( 11 ) Several photographs and charts of the galaxy help the non-scientist keep up with the discussion … |
| 24 | When that happened , we could n't keep up with the mortgage payments so we lost the house . ’ |
| 25 | The house where they were living has been re-possessed because the owner could n't keep up with the mortgage payments . |
| 26 | Marthus said that food production can not keep up with the population increase |
| 27 | ‘ I ca n't keep up with the demand . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ They can certainly keep up with the traffic , and have a fair turn of performance . ’ |
| 29 | I do n't keep up with the names any more . ’ |
| 30 | Ten millennia of history will have been sacrificed to a crop of little taste and to gardeners who must keep up with the Joneses . |