Example sentences of "able [to-vb] up a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I understand that this scheme will be able to light up a town of about 30,000 people , just as my hon. Friend can today , almost single-handedly , light up her constituency . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , on the first night of the war he was able to round up a ring of twenty-one German spies in an effectively timed and executed coup which probably deprived the Germans of any information on Britain 's initial military dispositions . |
| 3 | Well I hope you 've been able to pick up a bit of something but I 'm not very good at it myself cos old days and old times . |
| 4 | Should you be successful , you will be able to pick up a bounty on each of them . ’ |
| 5 | All the players gave this exhibition free of charge and , with the resulting revenue , the trust was able to set up a fund with which to promote junior golf on Jersey . |
| 6 | Born in 1841 , Robert 's origins were bona fide proletarian ; he worked in a glass factory and as a house painter , taking evening classes in art which proved such a successful venture that he was able to set up a studio by 1869 and had developed a substantial reputation by the 1880s . |
| 7 | As a result of their conversations they were able to draw up a list of MPs favourable to abolition . |
| 8 | As a youngster Kylie had proved to be a wizard with a needle — amazing friends by being able to run up an outfit in under two hours . |
| 9 | Detetives still have n't been able to build up a description of the attacker but they believe he may have worked with horses in the past . |
| 10 | Many girls do manage to survive and come out able to build up a life for themselves , but the odds are stacked against them . |
| 11 | Using a technique perfected by medical artists , they hope to be able to build up a picture of what the princess would have looked like twenty centuries ago . |
| 12 | In each case the minister may be able to back up a recommendation with indirect weapons : by control over loans and other powers to permit or limit activities , by co-operation or its refusal in situations in which joint central local action is necessary . |
| 13 | By 1990 , 1 understand , everyone in France with a phone will be able to call up a display of any number he wants , in just 15 seconds . |
| 14 | They had microwave ovens where he was able to heat up a portion of hot food to eat in the car . |
| 15 | When Rob broke a leg she was able to make up a lot of lost ground and was selected to the British Team two seasons before him in 1981 . |