Example sentences of "coming up [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were coming up to a twist in the precipitous road ; as we swung round it , the wheels screamed and we seemed to swerve towards the edge of the precipice . |
| 2 | But this this nervous thing is a very primitive instinct and I 'm just coming up to a word I never can pronounce so you 're going to have to help me with this one . |
| 3 | We 're coming up to a bank holiday , and most people will be going away . |
| 4 | Mm yes but we 're coming up to a time when er the quantity of old people is going to be rather high than before because we 're all healthier . |
| 5 | The man heard or sensed him at the last moment and turned with his hands coming up to a fighting stance but Maxim feinted through them and hit him low in the stomach . |
| 6 | ‘ Is it that dog ? ’ she said , coming up to the gate . |
| 7 | When the morning came they saw all the gardeners and weeders coming up to the wall and every one was looked at by three guards . |
| 8 | The underground revolution was coming up to the surface , although it was nowhere near breaking through . |
| 9 | I think we are coming up to the peaks now . ’ |
| 10 | What they , yes , what they done , they used to have a large long pull with a hook on and attached to a rope and as the ship was coming up to the river , they would throw this here pole on to a ship with a hook and then pay the rope out and then get towed up to the quay , the ship would n't stop for them to pick them up , pick that boat |
| 11 | She knew , however , that her mother could be relied upon to have fastened up the hens before coming up to the Oaks ' farm for the supper , so she settled her fears . |
| 12 | " It 's a celebration , " said Nenna , coming up to the hatch , " they 're only waiting for you to come . |
| 13 | Never , since he was a child , had he missed coming up to the Foinmen on Beltane . |
| 14 | ‘ Eh , ’ she said , ‘ what were you doing anyway , just now , coming up to the Lock ? ’ |
| 15 | That what the inspector 's been telling us year after year , that we are in serious danger of not coming up to the protection safety standards , is something that we ca n't push into the background any longer and I 'm very glad it 's come to the full council so that the whole council can take it seriously the public protection committee has taken it seriously for a very long time . |
| 16 | William completed his five-year stay in Clerkenwell successfully ; by the time it was over his brother Benjamin James was already down in Somerset and Charles Frederick was coming up to the age when he , too , would become an apprentice . |
| 17 | Within that two years , any time within that two years you can basically be given the sack for not coming up to the grade or not coming up to scratch or sometimes they prolong your pr probation for another six months so instead of being a probationer constable for two years you 're a probationer constable for two and a half years . |
| 18 | Just as we were coming up to the laundry , Kaptan broke free of the Corporal and ran down the side of the building . |
| 19 | ‘ We have 13 students coming up to the end of the general SVQs in business administration at level III . |
| 20 | He cursed under his breath , shaking his head at his own folly in coming up to the house at all … |
| 21 | This is the path coming up to the house and you 've got the green like that between there and there , there 's a gap , I do n't know how I 'm gon na do that |
| 22 | There was pressure at times like er coming up to the start of a new season . |
| 23 | She 's not coming up to the prison , it 's as simple as that . ’ |
| 24 | Well first time , first time you 're coming up to the supermarket , drop it , drop them in |
| 25 | ‘ It 's coming up to the boil , I would say , ’ said Ramses , ‘ coming up to the boil . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ It 's coming up to the boil , I would say , ’ said Ramses , ‘ coming up to the boil . ’ |
| 27 | I left him to his problems because it was coming up to the time when Emil had said the crew should board the train , and I was due back in the coffee shop . |
| 28 | He said : ‘ You miss it coming up to the time , but I made up my mind some time ago to call it quits . |
| 29 | Erm , I also suspect that one solution is erm not very satisfactory to one group of people and the other solution is not very satisfactory to another group of people and of course er since we are coming up to an election do n't want to offend either group of people . |
| 30 | coming up to an election time and |