Example sentences of "check up on the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Out of the corner of my eye I thought I saw a white butterfly — but it was the white pattern on the tail of an adult , checking up on the brood .
2 He was here checking up on the search for Terry Place .
3 Having been made to look stupid , he let us go without even checking up on the tax or the tyre .
4 Although , for the man who checks up on the standard of Britain 's prisons , there 's still some way to go .
5 The only point of Mr Baker 's tests that I can divine is that they will serve to check up on the teachers .
6 A POLICEMAN was fined £500 yesterday after using the main police computer to check up on the boyfriend of a neighbour 's daughter .
7 Northern Ireland people will now be able to check up on the levels of ozone , nitrogen dioxide and sulphur dioxide from data compiled in monitoring stations throughout the province .
8 The Inspector had pulled his radio out to check up on the ambulance .
9 It was my job to check up on the flock every morning and on Sundays Uncle Joe would come to the farm .
10 Catch the earliest flight down to London , check up on the Lennox twist .
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