Example sentences of "had [to-vb] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone crowded in and Maria had to sit up on the ledge of the window to be seen and heard . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , I had to go up into the roof and push down the ballcock when things went wrong . |
| 3 | Either he had to go up to the Broken Hill Ironworks at Newcastle or she had to go down to Canberra to see some official about tariffs or quotas or immigration levels . |
| 4 | Thus all rations for the men at the front had to come up on the backs of other men . |
| 5 | Clive had to have them , because the competition did , but since the benefits were at best indirect he had to come up with the idea of asking the students from each country to get together and prepare a ‘ typical national dish ’ . |
| 6 | She had to stand up in the midst of a certain amount of pomp and ceremony and address a large audience , which included her own family , her husband , the Prime Minister , the Lord Mayor and a host of City dignitaries , many of them accomplished public speakers themselves . |
| 7 | She had to look up at the glittering green eyes ; she could n't help herself ; she had to watch as Fincara stooped down before her , white hands on knees , and sang — |
| 8 | That 's why she would sometimes sign the order over to me so that I could put it through my account — otherwise she had to queue up at the post office , as I said . ’ |
| 9 | He had been ten weeks in the bush , a womanless bush , and Olga Stych had to put up with the fact . |
| 10 | So he just had to put up with the noise . |
| 11 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that there would not be nearly so many such companies if they had to put up with the economic and industrial policies of the Labour party ? |
| 12 | ‘ He 'd been out of football for nine months in France , and he had to put up with the boo-ing . |
| 13 | We had to put up with the traffic . |
| 14 | So I had to put up with the , I had a really shitty cycle and then , my run was , you know okay |
| 15 | Governments had to live up to the mythical images of themselves which were part of their acceptability . |
| 16 | I had to stock up for the holiday break . ’ |
| 17 | But down came melancholy like a guillotine and he had to wake up before the steel cut the quivering cold sweaty flesh . |
| 18 | He just had to turn up on the day . |
| 19 | Would-be delinquents in Saltash during most of the Nineteenth century had to face up to the threat of a short , sharp punishment ; a visit to the ‘ Black Hole ’ under the escort of one of the ancient borough 's best known characters , ‘ Nandie ’ Keast . |
| 20 | Apart from the physical difficulties , he also had to face up to the mental stress of completing the task . |
| 21 | I had decided that I had to face up to the fact that John might not come back or he might be gone for a long time and that when he did come back we might not love one another . |
| 22 | She had to face up to the fact that her father meant business , and that once more Ace was going to be put into an impossible position because of her . |
| 23 | But he would not countenance a " Party within a Party , " and the NAC had to face up to the consequences of maintaining a separate party in Parliament . |
| 24 | The rest we had to transport up to the second and fourth floors , up steep , dark steps ! |
| 25 | ‘ When it was time for me to fire the very pistol , I had to get up from the wireless operator 's seat and had to move my parachute — which was always as close to my feet as possible and instead of lifting it up by the canvas carrying handle , I lifted it up by the metal handle ( the rip cord ) and so had a bundle of silk to get out of the way . |
| 26 | You had to get up in the morning and see that there was plenty of a great pot of of hot water , boiling water . |
| 27 | I 've got catarrh , in fact I had to get up in the night and put some there |
| 28 | Er I think in this context strength to strength is talking about market share , erm Frank er was saying how we 've made considerable gains in relation to the opposition and er such an extent that in fact er it had to join up with the er er er with the other financial newspaper , but Frank would you , would you like to add ? |
| 29 | I had to make up for the ravages of time . |
| 30 | They looked into one another 's eyes , and kissed with a great tenderness , as though they had to make up for the anger last time . |