Example sentences of "[verb] up in a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , where the wealth goes is a problem , since it often ends up in a few hands . |
| 2 | I can not sum up in a few sentences what will be the substance itself of my book . |
| 3 | Often the drive surface is just skimmed with tarmac which breaks up in a few weeks . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Coming up in a few minutes , the artist who 's had a six year love affair with the Malvern Hills . |
| 8 | Welcome back : Coming up in a few minutes , the wallaby farmer who 's got something of a baby boom on his hands . |
| 9 | Welcome back : Coming up in a few minutes . |
| 10 | The barges , designed to be sailed by one man and a boy , could be laid up in a few days . |
| 11 | From a conservationist viewpoint , Hong Kong 's problem can be summed up in a few words : too many people . |
| 12 | But I could go up in a few weeks . |
| 13 | Either way , a whole house-shell could be put up in a few hours by a few successive foam-formings of the main walls and pillars . |
| 14 | Lothar replied that he simply had a skin complaint that could be cleared up in a few days . |
| 15 | Do you have a rota system where if maybe six have got onto an appliance and there 's another fire comes up in a few hours that they can not turn ut again , or is it just a matter of whoever gets there first again ? |
| 16 | But if Geoff does n't turn up in a few minutes . |