Example sentences of "up [prep] a [noun] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | So a boy coming up through a family that was involved in riveters would sort of more or less |
| 2 | Never mind what they say , luv , if you want to dress up as a woman that 's your business . |
| 3 | Why get all worked up about a crag that is unclimable for most of the time ? |
| 4 | She was taking it badly , closing up like a flower that felt the sun going down . |
| 5 | There was a smell inside that made all my senses rear up like a horse that smells blood . |
| 6 | Mr Stott went on : ‘ Investigative journalism like this has proved that no Minister , however powerful , however rich , however threatening he might be , can come up against a newspaper that is prepared to tell the truth . |
| 7 | Tony Clement , full-back for the most talented Swansea side in years , lines up behind a threequarter-line that includes England new-boys Ian Hunter and Tony Underwood on the wings . |
| 8 | It is an essential part of the composition and , as George put it : ‘ You do n't want to end up with a cushion that resembles a lump of putty . ’ |
| 9 | In fact , the godfather of gloom comes up with a plot that takes in Windsor Davies ( the ghost of sitcoms past ) , a bathtub and a big box of concentrated jelly . |
| 10 | Go alt N and you can see what 's happening is your text is actually being indented one tab stop at a time so it ends up as a narrow thin ribbon of text skating down the page and if you do this really crazily you can end up with a document that is only just one word wide ! |
| 11 | Pepsi outlined the problems behind their new style : ‘ It was difficult coming up with a look that was original , that did n't look like Kylie or Madonna but retained their strength — I think we 've cracked it though . ’ |
| 12 | Go to a hairdresser , ask him or her to come up with a style that suits you , your hair , your lifestyle , and emerge looking and feeling great . |
| 13 | Yet how often do they come up with a verdict that 's manifestly perverse having regard to the evidence ? " |
| 14 | No hi-fi speaker maker has ever come up with a woofer that low and resonant . |
| 15 | I recently bought a Series IIA ex-military Land Rover with the intention of completely rebuilding it over the next few years ending up with a vehicle that will last for years to come . |
| 16 | Why should a female want to pair up with a male that already has several females when there are bachelors around ? |
| 17 | I 'll try to come up with a part that suits the imagery of the song , and then the tuning seems to suggest itself |
| 18 | He came up with a system that he has named after himself , ‘ nanbudo ’ ( ‘ way of Nanbu ’ ) . |
| 19 | Hoomey took off as usual , holding his nose , and came up with a shriek that probably carried as far as the bridge party two streets away . |
| 20 | The point I really want to make is that if somebody can come up with a hairpiece that really looks real , I think people may consider wearing them |
| 21 | If this guitar were mine , I 'd be tempted to experiment , probably starting with Seymour Duncan Alnico Pro IIs , and then maybe I 'd end up with a guitar that was a perfect cross between the JD and the Signature . |
| 22 | How long does it usually take you to come up with a solo that meets the demanding criteria you 've just described ? |
| 23 | Instead , he came up with a drink that has spread its alcoholic tentacles around the globe . |
| 24 | Maybe that was it , you grew up with a knack that you otherwise could n't acquire , like the owls and the bats and the creatures of the lake . |
| 25 | For political reasons as much as for economic ones , the government needs to come up with a scheme that is simple ( so that its essence can be explained in one sentence ) and seen to be fair ( the duke pays more than the dustman ) . |
| 26 | It will be up to the SMMB to come up with a scheme that is acceptable to them . ’ |
| 27 | Yeah , at least we 'll end up with a scheme that 's up-to-date and accurate |
| 28 | Daniel Galvin in London has come up with a treatment that takes only thirty minutes and rather than causing a dramatic change , it softly camouflages grey hair with a subtle , natural-looking colour . |
| 29 | The fact that Christians find themselves caught up with a religion that is no longer related to work or community life , but instead to leisure , tells us something about the whole process of privatisation . |
| 30 | I thought for a moment and came up with a suggestion that he should give some sort of honour , an OBE or the like , to the cricketer Basil D'Oliveira , who had been shabbily treated by the South African government . |