Example sentences of "coming up [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Is it that dog ? ’ she said , coming up to the gate . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The underground revolution was coming up to the surface , although it was nowhere near breaking through . |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | " It 's a celebration , " said Nenna , coming up to the hatch , " they 're only waiting for you to come . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Just as we were coming up to the laundry , Kaptan broke free of the Corporal and ran down the side of the building . |
| 10 | ‘ We have 13 students coming up to the end of the general SVQs in business administration at level III . |
| 11 | He cursed under his breath , shaking his head at his own folly in coming up to the house at all … |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | There was pressure at times like er coming up to the start of a new season . |
| 14 | She 's not coming up to the prison , it 's as simple as that . ’ |
| 15 | Well first time , first time you 're coming up to the supermarket , drop it , drop them in |
| 16 | ‘ It 's coming up to the boil , I would say , ’ said Ramses , ‘ coming up to the boil . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ It 's coming up to the boil , I would say , ’ said Ramses , ‘ coming up to the boil . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | He said : ‘ You miss it coming up to the time , but I made up my mind some time ago to call it quits . |
| 20 | The day shift was coming up into the twilight , miners with tired and miserable faces trooping out , their clothes as tattered as those of the miners in the Borinage . |
| 21 | Standing back , she watched the bubbles coming up into the bottle . |
| 22 | If yours has n't reached you by the end of July , or you live outside the London area but fancy coming up for the occasion , please phone Pensions Department on freefone 0800 262 072 . |
| 23 | They 're coming up for the luggage . ’ |
| 24 | A very important time coming up for the club , some very important games , no more important to people in this area than the game at Swindon on Tuesday night , But then away to Middlesborough , home to West Ham , still something to play for for Oxford United this season if the results keep going their way ? |
| 25 | Thinking how quiet she 'd gone when he said he was coming up for the funeral and how she 'd seemed to withdraw into herself . |
| 26 | And to provide the same information to shareholders and competitive bidders as they provide to the banks which are coming up with the funding . |
| 27 | ‘ Yes , by coming up with the idea for the arms deal and effectively trebling the amount Father would make in the process . |
| 28 | After coming up with the idea of the specialised oil , Augusto Odone contacted a dozen scientists around the world working on myelin repair . |
| 29 | The massacre really took place on Saint Peter 's Field , but a sharp writer on the radical Manchester Observer linked the outrage to the battle of Waterloo , coming up with the headline ‘ Peterloo ’ . |
| 30 | I think I must have had my weight to the front of the bike , you know , coming up on the braking . |