Example sentences of "came up [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He came up for a few days and stayed in Mackay 's Hotel in Ardallt . |
| 2 | The sun came up for a half an hour , but it was too cold : -46° Centigrade . |
| 3 | Later that year , when the writer was working on Loot , the idea first came up for the two of them to work together . |
| 4 | Only one out of 208 pints served in 104 pubs , clubs and restaurants in Birmingham came up to a full measure , trading standards officers disclosed . |
| 5 | A number of players had been tried , but none came up to the subtle demands of the job . |
| 6 | He had been thinking about buying Lyn a kitten for her birthday , and as he came up to the great dolmen , had paused to look at it for the thousandth time , he had seen the bundle on the ground . |
| 7 | He wrinkled his nose as he came up to the other man . |
| 8 | She said coolly as they came up to the stuffed spaniel , ‘ What do you call him , that very fierce dog ? ’ |
| 9 | I thought about running along beside him as we came up to the main road opposite the church , about his taking my hand and singing , ‘ Hold my hand — I 'm a stranger in paradise ! ’ |
| 10 | A civilian came up to the mousy man and asked him a question . |
| 11 | THE subject of minimum wages came up at The Northern/KPMG Peat Marwick Business Briefing when Sir Ian Wrigglesworth ( CBI , Lib-Dem , ex-Labour ) was the guest speaker . |
| 12 | Adam came up into a kneeling position and waited for the bus to start moving . |
| 13 | Eventually Newsome came up with a super 50–50 pass back which resulted in the second goal . |
| 14 | They came up with a 230 horse power sports cruiser happy to have me aboard . |
| 15 | In 1990 he came up with a middling conclusion : brontosaurs had bones as strong as those of modern elephants in terms of comparative scale . |
| 16 | Supply sergeants scouring Saudi shoe-shops came up with a bewildering variety of non-regulation footwear : zippered beige Saudi military desert boots , Omani army boots , Israeli army desert boots , even imported hiking boots . |
| 17 | It came up with a complex route which involves both endocytosis and fusion . |
| 18 | However , after a TOP Timeout , they came up with a real solution . |
| 19 | Discussions went on for a year and cost T&L about £500,000 in legal fees and other expenses , Vlitos says , ‘ but they came up with a strong agreement which protected T&L — a pygmy next to a corporate giant like J&J ’ . |
| 20 | WHEN the artist Whistler came up with a memorable quip , Oscar Wilde observed wistfully : ‘ I wish I 'd said that . ’ |
| 21 | After a few experiments , I came up with a reasonable facsimile of Rebecca 's accidental assemblage . |
| 22 | Matsushita began work on cobalt-free magnets in 1968 and came up with a manganese-aluminium-carbon material in 1979 . |
| 23 | Mrs Goreng came up with a good one . |
| 24 | either committed suicide he took a throw himself off beside the boat hoping he 'd never be found or he erm was murdered cos you know , people do n't like him oh Reg came up with a good one , he said we possibly he wanted to disappear you see |
| 25 | The team took up the gauntlet thrown down by the Health and Safety Executive and came up with a thorough checklist for the city 's 7 homes . |
| 26 | Miss Selfridge in Church Street came up with a Western casual outfit comprising leather ranchero jeans and waistcoat , worn with a denim type shirt and white body , and a sparkly short chemise in dark green sequins . |
| 27 | But then Sunderland came up with a new offer and Liverpool launched a fresh diplomatic offensive . |
| 28 | Something like ’ reduce greatly ’ will do — But the Europeans came up with a new wheeze to infuriate everyone . |
| 29 | I felt these elementary slips should be corrected , and came up with a possible solution . |
| 30 | Edward Nunn , advising on marketing , came up with a possible reason . |