Example sentences of "they [vb base] up to " in BNC.
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| 1 | They grow up to 3ins ( 7½cms ) in length and up to 3/4 inch ( 2cms ) in width . |
| 2 | Parents have such high hopes for their offspring and then they grow up to be a big disappointment . |
| 3 | They provide up to two-thirds of the party 's money ( though Michael Pinto-Duschinsky , of Brunel University , calculates that in 1981 this was 90% ) . |
| 4 | They cost up to than £30 in the shops . |
| 5 | They cost up to than £30 in the shops . |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | In the third round — do n't forget they played the third and fourth rounds all on one day then — we 're on the 6th green and Nicklaus is on the 12th right alongside , of course ( the greens at St Andrews meet where they add up to 18 ) . |
| 9 | You can experiment with other vegetable oils in the blend ( hazelnut , apricot kernel ) as long as they add up to 120 ml in all . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Informative , revealing , funny , they add up to a comprehensive picture of a momentous year . |
| 12 | Together they add up to a ‘ magical ’ mix of people and products to give you , the architectural specifier , extra confidence — extra choice . |
| 13 | They add up to 1,364 pages . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Plus that they add up to a hundred and eighty . |
| 16 | Add to that all the lost 50p 's , 20p 's , 10p 's and so on , and they add up to enough to make buying a metal detector for the sole purpose of finding spendable cash a very profitable investment . |
| 17 | They add up to 1 as would be expected . |
| 18 | They add up to 1 as would be expected . |
| 19 | 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 , |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | They look up to the English players and try to copy them as they feel that is the right way to behave . |
| 22 | They look up to you and think you 're a good fighter . ’ |
| 23 | It seems that this Andrée woman was the star turn there , won all the prizes , played all the parts , set the fashion or whatever it is they look up to at those girl schools , you should know . ’ |
| 24 | All the children know how to beg , they run up to you and they say hello goodbye because normally when someone says hello and you 're going you say goodbye so they think hello goodbye 's the greeting |
| 25 | In particular , both demand of their philosophical accounts that they stand up to criticism based on the history of science . |
| 26 | As they square up to each other the spouses of the first three men ‘ Enter above ’ and implore them not to fight . |
| 27 | They square up to each other , with their noses almost touching and their mouths wide open in a threatening attitude . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | BOTH Colchester & East Essex and Maldon are hit by injury and work commitments as they square up to each other in the second round of the NCA Abbot Ale Cup at Castle Park today . |
| 30 | BOTH Colchester & East Essex and Maldon are hit by injury and work commitments as they square up to each other in the second round of the NCA Abbot Ale Cup at Castle Park today . |