Example sentences of "coming up [prep] a [noun sg] " 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 | If you really do n't feel like coming up for a smear at that time , that 's fine and we 'll understand why . |
| 7 | This year I have my mummy and my daddy coming up for a couple of days and that will be fine |
| 8 | ‘ Cissie wo n't be coming up for a while , ’ she said , making her way back to the bed , ‘ do you want to wait ? |
| 9 | She hoped that he would n't suggest coming up for a coffee ; she did n't think she could rise to a social occasion at this particular moment , so she was thankful to accept her car keys , bid him a hurried , ‘ Safe journey , ’ and close the door again . |
| 10 | blindly coming up for a breather |
| 11 | Pepsi outlined the problems behind their new style : ‘ It was difficult coming up with a look that was original , that did n't look like Kylie or Madonna but retained their strength — I think we 've cracked it though . ’ |
| 12 | The Palestinians were peeved when the Americans , spotting an impasse , tried to bridge it by coming up with a compromise . |
| 13 | Your boffins should n't have too much trouble in coming up with a name . ’ |
| 14 | But once they were on the market , the corp had spent a lot of R and D money coming up with a way to beat them . |
| 15 | Erm , I had a bit difficulty coming up with a case , actually , erm , this |
| 16 | A nerve jiggled at the corner of Meredith 's mouth because she was beginning to piece small bits of information together and was coming up with a heap of worries . |
| 17 | They had to taste more than a hundred and thirty wines before coming up with a winner . |
| 18 | Have you ever watched seasoned knitted diving into cartons of yarn , coming up with a cone and giving it a good sniff ? |
| 19 | There are a lot of enthusiasts coming up with a lot of good ideas but the information never gets out . |
| 20 | Adam had a sudden awful vision of the spade going through that green turf and coming up with a skull on it . |
| 21 | They wasted no time in coming up with a replacement for another New Zealander , Murray Kidd , who guided them to All Ireland League honours in 1992 . |
| 22 | and coming up with a travesty like this that masquerades as a motion to the Council . |
| 23 | This seemed a far more promising environment , and we quickly accepted the couple 's invitation to abandon our base in Makassar and move in with them in Bira , since it would clearly take many more weeks of negotiating before we could be sure of coming up with a prahu , and a crew , reliable enough to carry us eastwards . |
| 24 | In this instance we have used five-year steps for both age and service , coming up with a result as in figure 7 . |
| 25 | There were quite a few battles before Pearce got British Aerospace on the road to privatisation , particularly with civil servants and ‘ officials who were not really responsible , but tended to sit on the sidelines criticising and always coming up with a reason why you could n't do anything . ’ |
| 26 | I have Plant coming up with a bath . " |
| 27 | Any scientist coming up with a set of laboratory in vitro tests that accurately predicts the behaviour of a material inside a patient 's mouth would be dearly loved by both government and industry . |
| 28 | So a boy coming up through a family that was involved in riveters would sort of more or less |
| 29 | We 'll take more of your calls later , but coming up in a couple of minutes all the top action from the Scottish League . |
| 30 | So she said I 'm coming up in a fortnight 's time the fourteenth cos it 's David 's birthday that week |