Example sentences of "come up [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It felt fragile at first , but it was as if I had finally come up for air after nearly drowning in a pool of lies . |
| 2 | ONE of Norfolk 's oldest houses , a twelfth-century converted priory at Horsham St Faith , five miles outside Norwich , has come up for sale through the Prudential ( 0603 761600 ) for £350,000 The house 's rarity is reflected in its Grade I listed status . |
| 3 | Although Fletcher admitted that England have not come up to standard over the last three months , he also believes that a poor itinerary and a lack of turning pitches in English domestic cricket is largely to blame for the string of dismal performances . |
| 4 | The living room has to house some or all of these things and if it 's used for eating has to come up with storage for china , glass and cutlery too . |
| 5 | British officials understand China 's concern at Mr Patten 's plans — but he has to come up with arrangement for elections in 1995 and although the colony 's business community is cool towards them there are growing demands for democracy . |
| 6 | At the earlier hearing , Sheriff Reid had heard that Walters had dreamt up the fraud after a Jersey-based financier had failed to come up with cash to back market research for a new board game . |
| 7 | WOLVES paid a high price for their failure to come up with cash for David Kelly last season . |
| 8 | This is the second unimpeachable Rembrandt painting to come up for sale in London this season , the first having been his ‘ Daniel and Cyrus before the idol of Bel ’ . |
| 9 | SAFETY measures at a Darlington car park failed to come up to standard after tests , it has been revealed . |
| 10 | SAFETY measures at a Darlington car park failed to come up to standard after vital tests , it has been revealed . |
| 11 | Do you find that it is a particular type of child who tends to come up in front of you ? |
| 12 | I do n't suppose you could be persuaded to come up by train for a night or two could you ? = that would be so very super , a treat of the first order . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , Peachcake , if you marry this young man , you 're bound to come up against prejudice from time to time . |
| 14 | The lesser charges centred on the unlicensed pistol and stolen car came up for trial on 11th May . |
| 15 | One of his wins had qualified him for the National so when he came up for sale at Doncaster , Kempton secured him for 2,000 guineas on behalf of two of his owners who were keen to have a runner in the race . |
| 16 | When this manuscript came up for sale in London in 1980 , its estimated value was £40,000-£60,000 . |
| 17 | When the permit came up for renewal in 1986 , Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldridge issued a general permit for the drift-netting to continue . |
| 18 | In January 1965 he told his ambassador in Washington that at some point before the Atlantic treaty came up for renewal in 1969 , he would end integration of French forces and order all foreign forces to leave French soil . |
| 19 | However , it certainly raised the temperature when it came up for debate on 12 February last . |
| 20 | Today the New Inn came up for auction at the Hereford Moat House , along with four other county pubs . |
| 21 | … before they were all sold , a quantity of the same sort came up to town at half the price , so that the rest remained on hand . |
| 22 | The last time I came up to town for the LIBF , the colleague who came with me showed a great talent for tracking down free wine . |
| 23 | Nick Logan was n't one of these ; he was a ‘ ticket ’ , a mod who came up to town by train , from Walthamstow in his case , which was where he grew up , left school at 15 and joined the local paper . |
| 24 | A copy came up at auction in New York in June 1989 and was sold for $60,000 . |
| 25 | RON HARRIS : ( Chelsea and Brentford- 1961–1983 ) : ‘ People called him Chopper Harris , and Chopper was my first nickname when I went to Wimbledon — before the crowd came up with Psycho for me . |
| 26 | " But then Pippin king of Aquitaine came up with relief for Lothar 's army , and battle was rejoined . |
| 27 | The boat came up on top of the wave , with white water all around it . |
| 28 | Something came up in respect of the tie lines which I 'd just like to mention while we 're here in respect of . |
| 29 | Higgins , came up in front of snooker 's ruling body , the WPBSA , to answer charges of offences committed during last November 's UK championship in Preston . |
| 30 | She came up in front of my parents and said : ‘ Would you like to take this home , put a sample in it and we 'll do a sperm count for you ? ’ |