Example sentences of "come up in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From what I 've heard he 's come up in the world since he went to work for Christian Timms . |
| 2 | Innes McInnes was obviously a soup-meat-cheese man from way back , but had come up in the world . |
| 3 | One of Ken 's aunts had come up in the world and arrived at the cemetery wearing a fur coat which was donned purely and simply to impress the other members of the family . |
| 4 | Before the meeting , you know at the moment John Major is in Moscow , erm before that meeting there 'll have been much work done by the officials on briefing papers , on trying to identify the potential issues that are going to come up in the meeting , there 'll have been a lot of background work that would be similar er to patterns of relationships between various departments erm in any process of decision making . |
| 5 | Learn to study ahead of the lectures by using the techniques of chapter 4 in the section on Key words and Pattern of notes and by drawing pattern diagrams for two topics soon to come up in the lecture programme . |
| 6 | Now unit six is very likely to come up in the exam so when you do this test for Monday you are in effect preparing for the exam . |
| 7 | Anne swallowed the gulp of hot bile that came up in the back of her mouth . |
| 8 | As dawn came up in the sky we made preparations to move back to our own lines , covering our withdrawal and keeping careful watch for any signs of the enemy . |
| 9 | The employees at Binns on High Row volunteered for the yearlong course after it came up in the company 's suggestion scheme . |
| 10 | AN old friend came up in the street yesterday and said : ‘ My , you look well , have you been on holiday , you 've got a tan . ’ |
| 11 | I think an example which came up in the Health and Environmental Protection Committee recently , did we really want an AIDS Advice Officer ? |
| 12 | I forgot all about donating and the transfusion service lost track of me as I moved from house to house over the years , until the other day when the subject came up in the office . |
| 13 | I was before I came up in the world , true , but lower-middle-class , not working-class . |
| 14 | ‘ Kenneth Baker came up in the House to offer congratulations . |
| 15 | The Officers are about to do a new review , and a the moment all costs of erm residents ' parking is borne centrally , and we the Conservatives think that if erm there was a charge on permits to cover the cost it would give a change to other areas of the City , and the majority of people would be prepared erm to pay , and I think this is coming up in the Officer 's Review . |
| 16 | ‘ Coming up in the lift I met Mr Smithkins . |
| 17 | He was taller than she remembered , more powerfully built , the angles of his face even harder and more menacing than she had recalled coming up in the lift . |
| 18 | Daffodils were coming up in the garden but it would be dark when his guests came to the house to eat their meal . |
| 19 | They 're all th round there , round that dahlia they 're coming up in the corner over there , and there 's some here , and I think they 're all coming . |
| 20 | However , we do n't mind PREVIEWING software , to give you , the reader , some idea of what 's coming up in the future . |
| 21 | They were identical with their small upper windows , narrow porches and square bays , but it was obvious that the road was coming up in the world . |
| 22 | ‘ You must come up in the fall ; it 's beautiful . |
| 23 | It would come up in the conversation all the time , ‘ So you 've been separated from your husband and you have no boyfriends ? ’ — No — ‘ Are n't you interested in having boyfriends ? ’ — No — Because she was man-mad she could n't understand why I was n't . |
| 24 | I had a few beers to celebrate , especially with my mate who 'd seen his bet come up in the end . |
| 25 | Come up in the middle of it , he has . |
| 26 | And then any extra specials that come up in the meantime , they would send out send out a wee typewritten sheet you see . |
| 27 | Sure an' they must be pleased seein' the geddle come up in the world like she has . ’ |
| 28 | " Come up in the world . |
| 29 | This man , chamberlain , sheriff , Lord Mayor of York , member of parliament for the city , er master of the king 's mint , an important man , a local man , come up in the world quite a lot cos his grandfather had just been an apothecary living on the corner of er Grape Lane going up and up and up . |
| 30 | and I was gon na go and apply for but then Neil he sent for me and just asked me , just told me there was a job come up in the office and if I wanted it |