Example sentences of "they [verb] up to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then there is this long-standing relationship between Martinez and Jefferson , and the dirty work they got up to a few years ago . |
| 2 | Well we had a old wooden crane aboard the dredger , that was all hand power , that 's just the old wooden derrick and when they got up to the , up to the dock , they had a , cos they had a crane paint with it or a steam crane . |
| 3 | Nelson had planned to take her to town , but when they got up to the car park he could n't get his car to start . |
| 4 | then they moved down to the house opposite the green in front of the church which I think the now live in next to the , Janet and Peter , that house and then they moved up to a bungalow . |
| 5 | Somehow , she 'd have to end it before they moved up to the room , or the suite , or whatever Charlie 's contact had lined up for them . |
| 6 | The wheel gathered momentum as they rose up to the top : balanced , it seemed , on nothingness for a precarious second , then plunged , in a stomach-churning dive , back to earth again . |
| 7 | Most items in these suites were designed to contrast one with another by varied time signatures , tempi and phrasing so that they built up to a climax which , in the early days , signalled the entrance of the king or the most important participant . |
| 8 | By the time they woke up to the fact that many people would be only 2p a week better off , Smith had gained the headlines with the claim that eight out of 10 families gained . |
| 9 | As far as he could , he would keep a record of the magician 's movements and see if they added up to a meaningful pattern . |
| 10 | The trouble is that it I know , I say I 'm going on about have n't got a copper and everything , then they walk up to the bar and pull out a great wad of notes |
| 11 | As they drove up to the house Constance thought that it looked very dark and silent . |
| 12 | They drove up to the crossroads at the centre of the town . |
| 13 | As they drove up to the main door Louise tried not to be emotional . |
| 14 | They came up to the Renault . |
| 15 | As they came up to the warren bank he suddenly caught sight of Fiver . |
| 16 | They came up to the gate of the city and the guards saw Rabscuttle with King Darzin 's son . |
| 17 | She said coolly as they came up to the stuffed spaniel , ‘ What do you call him , that very fierce dog ? ’ |
| 18 | Something similar and er they came up to the , the great Pacific engines that came on and they , two of them came down in front of the stage , two of them were just a little bit higher up , and on the stage itself , there were scenes done like the hall in the Grand Central Station , New York and er they were , it was either the Ink Spots or some of these dancers that gave a performance , and it was so well put on that you could n't help being impressed by |
| 19 | As they came up to the gates , Aziz sidled up to the little boy with his mop , an ingratiating smile on his face . |
| 20 | As they trudged up to the top of a sand-dune , Seal Sands Lock was there below them . |
| 21 | They add up to a novel of leaking secrets and amputated thoughts , of wildly comic material sometimes dully , almost dutifully deployed , as if the humour had escaped the teller ; of people ‘ missing ’ each other in dialogue |
| 22 | Informative , revealing , funny , they add up to a comprehensive picture of a momentous year . |
| 23 | Together they add up to a ‘ magical ’ mix of people and products to give you , the architectural specifier , extra confidence — extra choice . |
| 24 | Where fantasy is involved , as in a film like The Wizard of Oz ( 1940 ) , non-realistic , simple colours are acceptable , provided they add up to a coherent scheme that works within the special world of that film . |
| 25 | Plus that they add up to a hundred and eighty . |
| 26 | Well that 's so you can work out , erm , if you if you look at any two numbers they add up to a hundred and eighty , |
| 27 | During his final years he extensively revised , rewrote and rearranged his poems , especially The Prelude , and although the changes he made are not always improvements , they add up to the formation of the definitive text of the poems , so that many lines and phrases which we think of as unmistakably Wordsworth date from these latter years . |
| 28 | Gayle , sent off during Birmingham 's Anglo-Italian Cup clash with Lucchese on Wednesday , has called on the players to toughen up as they face up to a New Year relegation battle . |
| 29 | They look up to the English players and try to copy them as they feel that is the right way to behave . |
| 30 | No details yet ( although a possible game against Italy has been mooted ) however , and it seems the national side may not have an engagement before they square up to the World Champions in November — gross score from the last two encounters being Wales 9 Australia 101 . |