Example sentences of "[verb] up [prep] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 've come up with a few names . |
| 2 | I thought I might catch up on a few chores instead . |
| 3 | In Britain , those from the late Fifties and Sixties fetch about Pounds 1 , while pre-war badges can usually be picked up for a few pounds . |
| 4 | The pros are expected to come up with a few answers to problems . |
| 5 | I wonder if you 'd care to wander up for a few minutes and we could perhaps move this matter of Gray on a bit ? |
| 6 | At such moments he knew that he loved Frances , and he could feel the seductions of a conventional marriage , of meals such as this happening every Sunday , of knowing each other 's daily news , not always having to catch up on a few months ' worth of events . |
| 7 | That sort of partnership can not be built up over a few years , it has to be through a long term commitment by both parties . ’ |
| 8 | I was really touched when all the McCarthys drove up with a few bits and pieces . |
| 9 | Cover up for a few days , use a higher factor lotion , and take great care . |
| 10 | He came up for a few days and stayed in Mackay 's Hotel in Ardallt . |
| 11 | I can if you want , it 's just that I came up with a few things that did n't make sense , they were fairly contradictory things . |
| 12 | An integrated circuit can be made up of a few capacitors , diodes , resistors and transistors or even thousands of them . |
| 13 | However , he ran into a familiar stumbling-block : the concerto and the Souvenir add up to a few minutes less than the magic number of 55 , so he was forced to abandon the idea . |
| 14 | Of course , where the wealth goes is a problem , since it often ends up in a few hands . |
| 15 | Even that will be used up within a few months , when further recourse to the IMF will be inescapable . |
| 16 | I can not sum up in a few sentences what will be the substance itself of my book . |
| 17 | Mug up on a few details : whether they called the masters ‘ beaks ’ or ‘ dons ’ ; whether sweets were referred to as ‘ tuck ’ or ‘ sock ’ ; where you would have slept , in a ‘ house ’ or ‘ dorm ’ ; what barmy school game was played on them once a year . |
| 18 | And then there is this long-standing relationship between Martinez and Jefferson , and the dirty work they got up to a few years ago . |
| 19 | Often the drive surface is just skimmed with tarmac which breaks up in a few weeks . |
| 20 | Each centre aims to build up in a few years the basis for energy conservation throughout industry , transport and construction — an ambitious target , which Chandler feels is achievable . |
| 21 | Welcome back to Central News South : Coming up in a few minutes , the farmer who 's taken maternity hospital technology and adapted it for the lambing season . |
| 22 | Welcome back to Central News : coming up in a few minutes , the sheep farmer who 's opened his farm yard to the public for the lambing season . |
| 23 | Coming up in a few minutes , the artist who 's had a six year love affair with the Malvern Hills . |
| 24 | Welcome back : Coming up in a few minutes , the wallaby farmer who 's got something of a baby boom on his hands . |
| 25 | Welcome back : Coming up in a few minutes . |
| 26 | The barges , designed to be sailed by one man and a boy , could be laid up in a few days . |
| 27 | From a conservationist viewpoint , Hong Kong 's problem can be summed up in a few words : too many people . |
| 28 | Lesley-Jane will be fine if she just rests up for a few days . |
| 29 | It broke up within a few years of Anselm 's death under the impact of forces which were too strong for it . |
| 30 | A second night jar started up at a few yards distant . |