Example sentences of "come up [prep] [pos pn] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new Tories talked of being ‘ on the side of the people ’ and when , in March 1954 the Television Bill came up for its second reading , they won the day . |
| 2 | When it came up for its third reading on 21 June it was referred to a select committee who on 18 July reported that they were of the opinion that the bill ought not to be proceeded with . |
| 3 | There was pressure from the Liberal Democrat leader , Paddy Ashdown , for Mr Smith to declare firmly which way the Labour Party would be voting when the bill came up for its third reading , which many of the rebels were targeting for a full-scale revolt . |
| 4 | Dickens ' timeless story , now coming up to its 146th Christmas , has been adapted with affection by David Holman and directed with dash by Gwenda Hughes . |
| 5 | Well that would certainly be my favourite , we we 'll be coming up to our hundredth anniversary are n't we fairly soon ? |
| 6 | Dad had been improving daily — he was eating well , in good spirits and coming up to his eightieth birthday . |
| 7 | He was coming up to his twenty-seventh birthday and his face had already acquired some of the lived-in look that became one of his characteristics later in his career . |
| 8 | Mozart was then coming up to his eighteenth birthday , but already a mature master , and No 29 is both a great symphony and an enchantingly beautiful one . |
| 9 | No , you 're just coming up to your first round . |
| 10 | I was going to ask Jenette anyway , as it was coming up to my 40th birthday . ’ |
| 11 | So it 's an ongoing process that the first medical pra or some medical practice booklets are just coming up for their second resale . |
| 12 | Unfortunately this did not resolve the problem and in January 1991 , when W. was coming up towards her fifteenth birthday , it was necessary to resort to in-patient treatment . |