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 . |