Example sentences of "be able [verb] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He felt he had the upper hand for once , and they had n't been able to set up the Microwave Gun yet , either ; he felt cool and relaxed . |
| 2 | Although badly injured with four bullets inside him , PC Kelly had been able to call up the SOS code number , ‘ ten nine , ten nine ’ . |
| 3 | This hopefully will cause them a fixture congestion around April/May with us hopefully been able to pick up the pieces . |
| 4 | Parsys Ltd has at last been able to follow up the statements of intent it issued over a year ago with the formal announcement of its Inmos Ltd T9000 Transputer-based SN9000 series parallel computers . |
| 5 | Parsys Ltd has at last been able to follow up the statements of intent it issued over a year ago with the formal announcement of its T9000-based SN9000 series parallel computers . |
| 6 | They will be able to weigh up the advantages of breaking a law and not doing so ; and they will tend to choose the former path if it seems likely to secure economic and career advancement . |
| 7 | but all d all different meanings and they could pick out and I said well erm it would er be handy for foreign people to have a speaking dictionary because they would be able to pick up the pronunciation of that word would n't they ? |
| 8 | yeah , to see if that car 's been sold , stolen or whatever and yet a solicitor come he said your solicitor will be able to pick up the phone , take you through the right channels , see if he 's sold that car , he has n't sold the car , who 's he sold it |
| 9 | So , even if bitten or scratched by a cat that had somehow smeared its teeth or claws with infected blood from its sores , the human victim would still not be able to pick up the disease . |
| 10 | Judges ought , when they are pre-reading a case , to be able to pick up the skeleton argument , and they ought actually to be able to start with the skeleton argument , which would tell them in very succinct form the background facts and what the points are . |
| 11 | On agreed and worked-out policies , one country in the ministerial Council should not be able to hold up the progress of the European Community as a whole . |
| 12 | Despite his postscript , in which he condemned free enterprise systems and declared himself an apologist for socialism in Europe , I am pleased to be able to take up the remarks of the hon. Member for Liverpool , West Derby ( Mr. Wareing ) . |
| 13 | He slowed as he came to the first of the two rows , leaning across the dashboard in order to be able to see up the slope . |
| 14 | Ideally it is envisaged that the editor will be able to call up the OED entry and the corresponding Supplement entry to a VDU and carry out all the necessary operations on screen . |
| 15 | many ear that when the Home office cuts its grant from next April , local authorities wo n't be able to make up the shortfall . |
| 16 | If you take the old bulb into A. Perkins Ltd , 94 Dale Street , Liverpool , they are confident they will be able to match up the bulb for you . |
| 17 | ‘ Then you 're afraid of yourself — afraid you wo n't be able to keep up the fight against the part of you that dares to be human . ’ |
| 18 | Jessica had exploded publicly , but in private he might not be able to summon up the words . |
| 19 | Everybody says , ‘ Oh , you won £44,000 in the world championships , you must 've been really pleased with that , ’ but it 's not just the money , it 's being able to pick up the trophy at the end — that 's the nice thing . |
| 20 | As Prince and Starky told their followers to sell their lands and give them the money , in 1849 they were able to set up the Agapemone , the ‘ Abode of Love ’ , on land they had bought in the village of Spaxton , near Charlynch . |
| 21 | Thanks to what Breeze had earned , they were able to rake up the fares — and now here they were , on their way to a remote Devonshire village with just enough money to keep them going for a fortnight or so . |
| 22 | After fumbling for several minutes , his arms aching desperately , he was able to push up the catch . |
| 23 | The difference was that the teacher in the first group really related to the material and to the children , and she had understood the underlying purpose and challenge of RE and was able to point up the discussion , listening carefully to what the children said and leading them on in their thinking . |
| 24 | Although badly-injured with four bullets inside him , Pc Kelly was able to call up the SOS code number . |
| 25 | Even before the debate took place , The Times was able to sum up the situation accurately : |
| 26 | An exasperated Galileo was able to show up the inadequacy of his rival 's position in a characteristically witty way . |