Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [verb] up a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have to say you ca n't do that I 'll make up a new game to play . |
| 2 | When you 're in bed I 'll bring up a hot drink . ’ |
| 3 | like a fan secret planet Wonder if I 'll fill up a whole book , there 's no chance I will . |
| 4 | I could work up a good froth and then make my entrance doing an impression of a rabid dog . |
| 5 | I would put up a huge |
| 6 | By utilising a pair of ‘ Aquarian internal filters , and their compatible undergravel system , I can set up a reverse flow filter . |
| 7 | Then I can pick up a cheap engine . |
| 8 | Judge the timing of the research carefully , advised Ms Morris ; a key sales period , Christmas for example , would not be typical , neither were school holidays , which might throw up a biased sample . |
| 9 | In the late 1690s the Scottish government gave its support to a proposal intended to enable the country to escape from all its economic problems : a trading company was to be launched which would set up a commercial centre at Darien on the Panama Isthmus . |
| 10 | This allows the user to list a number of programs which will fill up a complete disk , or more than one disk . |
| 11 | Many sacks use texturised nylon fabrics with a sort of natural feel which can take up a certain amount of moisture but dry off quickly . |
| 12 | You must build up a small library of your own : one or two books will not be enough ; you should , ideally , have at least two on each topic . |
| 13 | Using a wedding bouquet as an example , and assuming that you are either attending the function or collecting the bouquet afterwards , you should make up a simple box , such as the one shown in the photograph . |
| 14 | Celia Hooper-seated opposite him in just such a chair and situation , so that they resembled two bookends without intervening books — was suggesting that she should draw up a basic plan for the annual deanery party , which happened at Loxford Rectory after Easter , a get-together for all the priests of the deanery , eight of them , and their wives . |
| 15 | Even if she did , she might end up a helpless vegetable . |
| 16 | IN Tetris on the NES , if you keep select held down during play , you 'll knock up a high score of 10,000 points every time a block lands . |
| 17 | The idea that she 'd give up a precious Friday evening for the pleasure of obliging Canon Wheeler for his beaux yeux was a myth she was happy to dispel . |
| 18 | She 'd pick up a great lump of it and throw it over a nail and then oil her hands with spit and draw it out and out in a long skein , till it was smooth as glass … ’ |
| 19 | You could make up a whole story . |
| 20 | Perhaps you could lighten up a little bit . ’ |
| 21 | The shares are now just 2.5p , so you could pick up a massive 4,000 shares for £100 before brokers fees . |
| 22 | At Worcester Crown Court , Mr Justice Mott said Pursuitte and Ellison were intelligent people who 'd set up a clever , successful and profitable drugs ring . |
| 23 | She decided that , should such a horrific eventuality arise , she would cook up a little headache , plead ill health , and dash from the room . |
| 24 | She would offer up a silent prayer . |
| 25 | If you scatter seed on the ground you will build up a substantial clientele of birds such as chaffinches which do not readily come to hanging food and birdtables . |
| 26 | They range from 24-hour , 365-day booking services to trouble-shooting units manned by experienced travel consultants who can conjure up a private jet at three o'clock in the morning . |
| 27 | The plan shows how you can plant up a similar small area , roughly 4ft each way , to produce a long season of colour . |
| 28 | You , you really want something that , with the younger people you can build up a proper relationship |
| 29 | You can pick up a Paris-built Light 15 in reasonable condition for about £5,000 . |
| 30 | And you can pick up a good one for as little as £25,000 . |