Example sentences of "up [to-vb] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Helen Guy of Castlemilk Housing Energy Action , set up to combat the high level of fuel debt in the area , described the anger and despair with which people had reacted to the decision to add VAT to their fuel bills . |
| 2 | Are you staying up to see the New Year in ? ’ |
| 3 | One Sunday my dad took us all up to see the new pit-head baths . |
| 4 | He was a tall , heavily built man , and I had to look up to see the bearded face . |
| 5 | He looked up to see the worried face of William Prime staring down at him . |
| 6 | And the doctor went up to see the old man and got him put in a hospital and that , in a mental hospital , for six weeks , right . |
| 7 | But no one looked up to see the dead man hanging from a branch near the top of the 30ft conifer , said police . |
| 8 | Then , in 1975 and 1976 , the CNAA 's committee for Art and Design , which had been set up to monitor the existing provision , instituted a major review and renewal of approval of well over 100 BA honours courses . |
| 9 | The FRPB has been concerned about the water quality of the River Almond ( Class 3/4 ) for some time and in June 1988 a River Almond Model Study Group was set up to monitor the deteriorating river quality . |
| 10 | The two got togged up to publicise the first programme in their new series of Watchdog tomorrow night ( BBC1 , 7.30pm ) which investigates the cost of school uniforms . |
| 11 | Simtek is his firm … in the driving seat is David Brabham he 's been signed up to drive the new machine … the father figure of formula one 's newest team is Sir Jack Brabham … three times world champion … |
| 12 | If success follows at the polls , legislative programmes then have to be drawn up to implement the incoming Government 's undertakings . |
| 13 | First , it was the gradual transformation of woodlands and grasslands into farmland , and then years later building it up to accommodate the ever-growing influx of people . |
| 14 | On the other hand , practices whose procedures are well organised and geared up to meet the new deadline will surely benefit from the new regime . |
| 15 | Belinda 's head flew up to meet the blue onslaught of Tom Russell 's frowning gaze . |
| 16 | So she goes well she reckons it 'll be a good idea if you went up to meet the little lad , he 's only six , he 's called Mark . |
| 17 | Membership applications were received from all over the UK , and the MLA was set up to meet the growing demand for a central organisation . |
| 18 | Possibly the only person ever to have succeeded in upstaging Margaret Thatcher in a photo-opportunity , Katharine lined up to shake the Prime Minister 's hand wearing a T-shirt declaring ‘ 58 per cent Do n't Want Pershing ’ at a Downing Street reception in 1984 . |
| 19 | Gesner moved to mask her again , and once more she darted round the screen , suddenly making great play with the peacock tail , holding it up to hide the lower part of her face , managing to pretend never to see the front of Luxembourg 's face , and never to let him see her . |
| 20 | A new consultative group , to be set up to oversee the new programme , will include representatives from aid donors , countries possessing tropical forest , NGOs and community organisations . |
| 21 | The special EP2 Task Force set up to oversee the huge job combined people from both Sellafield and Risley sites . |
| 22 | Switch to wavy bullets and go left , get over the blocker and jump up to shoot the fat creature . |
| 23 | It has been completed bang on time and within budget thanks to a special task force which was set up to lead the complex engineering job . |
| 24 | PUBLIC sector rents should go up to reflect the higher value of houses or flats in desirable areas , Mr Chris Patten , the Environment Secretary , said yesterday . |
| 25 | A healthy contribution to company profits is coming from Bonded Developments Ltd. , a subsidiary set up to sell the Bonded Machine Worldwide . |
| 26 | When I told him about the Whitehorse Cinema manager offering him $500. to fly up to open the new building , he laughed loud and long . |
| 27 | Fascinated despite herself , Fran could only stare as he pulled the shirt free from his trousers and tossed it aside , then stretched up to open the upper casement , his torso backlighted by the lamp in the room . |
| 28 | ‘ We had outgrown our present building when the opportunity came up to purchase the adjoining freehold . |
| 29 | Yet , in spite of everything , David Miller grew up to idolise the old rascal . |
| 30 | It was all part of a private mythology that Mario had worked up to fit the American Success Story , and quite wonderful it was . |