Example sentences of "up [prep] an [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's 0700 on the 30 June and my body has already been up for an hour and run four miles . |
| 2 | He said OK rewrite them , so I held things up for an hour and at the end of it he said he was n't convinced . |
| 3 | We get the whole thing seized up for an hour and a half in the morning and an hour and a half in the evening . |
| 4 | The afternoon audience steadily declined , built up for an hour or so in the late afternoon and then surrendered to TV , except for another late-night blip . |
| 5 | Wind was measured at 11.00 and 15.00 each day , but only counted if it kept up for an hour or more . |
| 6 | Amaranth had no wish to be caught napping in the lounge of the Grand Hotel ; how much better to return to ‘ Mon Repos ’ and put her feet up for an hour or so . |
| 7 | One of the colleges he listed invited Katrina up for an interview and she seemed to like it there . |
| 8 | As we have seen , he argues that trade union government will be relatively centralised where agreements are drawn up for an industry or an entire country , and will be relatively decentralised where they are regionally- or plant-based . |
| 9 | For this reason , many commercial relational DBMS enable links to be set up as an option and therefore they can be set up beforehand and executed each time they are required . |
| 10 | I woke up after an hour or so , and just leaned out of the window looking at the half-empty Main Street . |
| 11 | ‘ Girls come up against an obstacle or two , maybe on tour , and they tend to give way instead of trying to overcome them . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Girls come up against an obstacle or two , maybe on tour , and they tend to give way instead of trying to overcome them . ’ |
| 13 | It is a paradox too , that because Christianity has been able to drop any mention of the physical cycles of women 's lives , secular culture has ended up with an idea that true liberation means we can forget ‘ those difficult days ’ , and ‘ carry on as normal ’ ; assuming , perhaps , that to be normal is to be more like a man . |
| 14 | So , an enterprising chap by the name of Len Middleton came up with an idea that would present the bait on fine , supple line ( the hair ) , and yet still have a strong hook attached to a strong , somewhat rigid line . |
| 15 | THE TVP 's crank-driven DIY rock ‘ n ’ roll may sound dated in these wearing , uncaring times , but that said they still have n't lost the knack of pulling a good tune from seemingly nowhere or coming up with an idea that will tug at your sleeve for attention . |
| 16 | Knowing how busy you 'll be these next few weeks , I 've come up with an idea that might put your mind at ease and allow Jelka to come to terms with her experience . ’ |
| 17 | I often come up with an idea and keep it for later |
| 18 | Secondly , you assert Sinead does not have ‘ courage and integrity ’ and then follow this up with an argument that these nouns should be reserved for Mother Theresa and fellow carers . |
| 19 | ‘ I would say that nobody who has criticised the proposal to sell has come up with an alternative as to how these things are going to be funded , ’ Dr Macmillan said . |
| 20 | It , as I said earlier , really just looks up a table of data values , numerical values , and comes up with an answer and you ca n't question it , you ca n't ask it why did you get that particular answer . |
| 21 | can I just say something but I might get an acid and a carbonate mixed up with an acid and a metal . |
| 22 | It makes me really happy to come up with an observation that I know will hit home . |
| 23 | An added embarrassment was a report ( also leaked ) by the chief inspector for nuclear safety who warned against complacency and came up with an estimate that there was a ‘ several per cent ’ chance of a serious accident in the next twenty years . |
| 24 | The problem is to come up with an analysis and structure which is not only reasonably clear and self-consistent in terms of concepts of knowledge , but which maps on to and helps to explain the curricular structures that are already in place . |
| 25 | I said I 'd pick them up in an hour and then drove until I found a pub with a Bar Food sign and a quiet corner . |
| 26 | He picked it up in an hour or two and went on to the guitar . |
| 27 | We could then leave it and say we 'll pick it up in an hour or so |
| 28 | Where children do not carry these assumptions inside them , it is because they have been brought up in an enclave that is struggling against the weight of secular pressure . |
| 29 | In July 1914 air travel was still a novelty to many people and during an outing by employees of an Accrington firm of billiard table makers to Blackpool , a deaf employee named Jack Hargreaves became possibly the first deaf man ever to go up in an aeroplane when he went up as a passenger in a two-seater Fokkers biplane piloted by a Mr. H. Blackburn . |
| 30 | The eyebrows go up in an arch that would make a complete circle if they carried on down , the lids over those eyes , likened to a cobra 's by Candice Bergen , narrow to a slit ; the gleaming white teeth flash through the pursed lips in what Vogue editor Diana Vreeland called a ‘ killer smile ’ . |