Example sentences of "to get up to " in BNC.

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1 They called back Washbrook , now 41 , and told him to get up to Headingley with his bat and pads .
2 Somehow he 'd have to get up to the wood today to fetch down his Dad 's clippers and wire .
3 He wondered how long it would take Lee to get up to the feeding-ground .
4 But of course parents do get anxious , about little problems and large : that their children will eat too many sweets and watch too many unsuitable videos at another child 's house : that their child will be egged on to get up to pranks , truant from school or worse .
5 For details of how to get up to the minute information on both DEPARTURES and ARRIVALS from your local airport ring the following Index Line : 0836 402770 ( Calls charged at 25p per minute cheap rate , 38p per minute at all other times ) .
6 ‘ Expect your child to get up to 9 colds a year .
7 He used to get up to all kinds of high jinks on those trips , by all accounts .
8 Anyway it was not always easy for Nellie to get up to Rosstrevor as often as she 'd like to catch up on any news .
9 It is not always easy to get up to date information on which to set the quotas , especially in a small area sample .
10 They seem to get up to all sorts of things nowadays .
11 Use the map to get up to the ladder on the other side and climb out onto the platform , pick up a crate and kill the workman , now kill the green blob and complete the level by reaching the flag .
12 After a month , the pain began to ease slightly and Lisa was able to get up to her own room with Janet 's help .
13 ‘ That 's our chance to get up to tomfoolery ! ’
14 Over the years Aurigny has honed this to a fine art , and new pilots have to work hard to get up to the requisite standard .
15 ‘ We used to get up to all sorts of tricks . ’
16 ‘ She was wondering what they were going to get up to next .
17 However , like Sun Microsystem Inc , both of SGI 's current Unix offerings are sufficiently different from the vanilla System V that users will require a recompile to get up to Sherwood .
18 IBM to get up to 12.7%
19 For details of how to get up to the minute information on both DEPARTURES and ARRIVALS from your local airport ring the following Index Line : 0836 402770 ( Call charged at 25p per minute cheap rate , 38p per minute at all other times ) .
20 But when we were young , she and I used to get up to the most dreadful pranks . ’
21 In my right hand was a small tray , and by tilting it in the breeze I found that I could obtain enough lift to get up to any height I wanted , and was soon soaring into the air , travelling at will .
22 ‘ I think you 're horrid to tell me lies too , and make out that when you 're married you 're going to get up to horrible … such disgusting … with that man who looks like a fish with cold yellowish eyes and greeny-yellow skin … . ’
23 This gives an annual opportunity for me to get up to dates with Fordyce Maxwell of The Scotsman , an old friend from my Berwick days , at the preliminaries .
24 Julia resolved to double-check everything she typed today and stay late , if need be , to get up to date .
25 The problem with books are that they date very quickly and so it is difficult to get up to the minute advice .
26 ‘ I really ought to try to get up to the farm to fetch our Carrie down . ’
27 ‘ When I was walking up to Keble Road yesterday I saw someone standing at the bus-stop outside St Giles ’ Church , waiting to get up to Summertown .
28 For instance , a potential bidder might be looking to acquire up to 3 per cent of the target 's voting rights undetected and then , during the Companies Act disclosure period of two business days , to acquire as many shares as possible to get up to 14.99 per cent ( after which the SARs apply ) .
29 ‘ Can you manage to get up to the house under your own steam while I bring up the food ? ’
30 A steering committee has been set up to monitor discrimination in Darlington and the county as a whole and it hopes to get up to £40,000 from Durham County Council and eight district councils to fund the scheme .
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