Example sentences of "up [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Because , ’ said Damian Flint , ‘ when antagonism springs up between a man and a woman , it 's really just a fight for supremacy . |
| 2 | So a boy coming up through a family that was involved in riveters would sort of more or less |
| 3 | The Dormouse woke up for a minute and then went to sleep again . |
| 4 | But experience can often make up for a yard or two of pace . |
| 5 | I must thank the judges who did a good job for us apart from three who entered , showed up for a while and were then missing when their turn was due . |
| 6 | They therefore decided to break up for a while because , Dustin said , ‘ I wanted my fling . |
| 7 | There is times I 've casually picked it up , dropped it on the floor and forgotten to pick it up for a while because I 'm on the phone and sometimes it is quite loud in my ear . |
| 8 | If you 'd like to meet up for a drink or something , do give me a call on the above number . |
| 9 | but when he stumped up for a brandy and soda |
| 10 | And if it was just exhausted , it was simply a question of postponing his own ploughing and resting it up for a day or two until it had regained its appetite and its strength . |
| 11 | Do come up for a day or so if there is the remotest possible chance . |
| 12 | Looks like you 'll have to sort of like put it up for a day and then take it down for a week and put it back in again . |
| 13 | I got an elbow in the face as I went up for a header and I remember putting my head down and running straight into Bull 's back . |
| 14 | But give him his due , he does not give up for a scratch or two , and not even a dagger could hold him off for ever . ’ |
| 15 | The arrival of the Italian soldiers was held up for a time while the Italian government bargained for an Italian to command the UN forces ( the commander is , as it happens , a Brazilian ) . |
| 16 | Proper planning was held up for a time until the route of the M4 was decided , as an early outline brought it through Harpsden and over Peppard . |
| 17 | There were connections there , safe houses where he could hole up for a week or more , while his American friends made arrangements to get him out of the country and into free Europe . |
| 18 | The others , including the new drummer , had come to pick Keith up for a practice while I was there . |
| 19 | Last week , Jarman had n't quite decided whether they were to talk to the audience or simply sleep through the exhibition 's four-day run — ‘ although they 'll be allowed to get up for a pee and lunch , ’ he added generously . |
| 20 | ‘ Amber always runs up for a hug when I walk through the door ’ , she says . |
| 21 | But you can only use it up for a month and then you . |
| 22 | I get all dolled up for a party and then I look at myself in the mirror and suddenly chicken out , put my jeans on , ruffle up my hair , and only then do I feel comfortable . ’ |
| 23 | When this goon is at the point of his beat furthest away from our stretch of wire , the Wing Commander will give the signal to Clinker here — ’ a dark beetle-like man stood up for a moment and sat down again , ‘ — who will fuse the entire lighting system of the camp including the searchlights . ’ |
| 24 | And I tried to save up for a car cos my son was in the army . |
| 25 | I 've been up for a bath and we 've been looking at the room I shall occupy . |
| 26 | It 's 0700 on the 30 June and my body has already been up for an hour and run four miles . |
| 27 | He said OK rewrite them , so I held things up for an hour and at the end of it he said he was n't convinced . |
| 28 | We get the whole thing seized up for an hour and a half in the morning and an hour and a half in the evening . |
| 29 | The afternoon audience steadily declined , built up for an hour or so in the late afternoon and then surrendered to TV , except for another late-night blip . |
| 30 | Wind was measured at 11.00 and 15.00 each day , but only counted if it kept up for an hour or more . |