Example sentences of "[pron] could [verb] up [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ahm so I 'm going to see if I could set up a baby sitting circle or something like that . |
| 2 | Who did I think I was imagining glibly that I could bring up a child all by myself ? |
| 3 | I could make up the detections that his presence lost me in a matter of days , and if he thinks he is going to see any wheeling and dealing when he is sitting in , well he 's naive ! |
| 4 | Mr Cartwright told Granpa that with my head for figures I could end up an accountant or a clerk . |
| 5 | Well , the thing is what 's happening , I thought we might spend some time on if wanted , what I wanted to do was to be sure in my own mind that by the second week I could put up a master sheet with all the headings of what you were doing , that 's got ta be done . |
| 6 | I could ring up a colleague in New York . ’ |
| 7 | Supposing I could call up the eagles ? |
| 8 | I know of only one or two couples who have managed to stay together when one partner has been unfaithful and I wish I could pluck up the courage to ask them how they 've done it . |
| 9 | It would keep me going for the afternoon , until I could heat up the rest of the chicken for supper . |
| 10 | I could train up a successor , sir . ’ |
| 11 | Okay , or for instance erm I could write up the theory , excuse me , I could write up the proof of the infinity of primes for a variety of reasons . |
| 12 | Okay , or for instance erm I could write up the theory , excuse me , I could write up the proof of the infinity of primes for a variety of reasons . |
| 13 | The problem was , however , that the ink often obscured the watermark as well as large sections of the paper which could show up the idiosyncrasies of the particular mould used ( the point being that the hundreds of paper mills in existence at the time not only had their own watermarks but that each particular paper mould had its own variations in the structure of its wires ) . |
| 14 | But there is the problem of oxygen ‘ sinks ’ existing as well , which could use up the oxygen produced by recombining with any of the CHON molecules . |
| 15 | Well I would say that erm , in my time , er when they became unemployed , most of them could pick up a job pretty easy because I was speaking about from nineteen forty eight onwards , and of course er it was shortly after a war , there was plenty of work , and therefore most of them could pick up a job in a reasonable space of time and they would n't be idle too long . |
| 16 | Well I would say that erm , in my time , er when they became unemployed , most of them could pick up a job pretty easy because I was speaking about from nineteen forty eight onwards , and of course er it was shortly after a war , there was plenty of work , and therefore most of them could pick up a job in a reasonable space of time and they would n't be idle too long . |
| 17 | She 'd never retire ; but she could fix up the house , put in some extra loos and bathrooms , have the kitchen completely refitted — get her business on a sound footing for the first time in her life . |
| 18 | She could make up a story , say she suffered temporary amnesia , or that she was knocked unconscious by thieves and all her money was gone , but she doubted she could make it sound believable . |
| 19 | Franca even wished that she could set up a relation of some kind with him . |
| 20 | She could knock up an outfit in two hours . ’ |
| 21 | If she put it all in one account she could step up the return on her £20,000 to 6.45 per cent or £1,290 after tax . |
| 22 | She would in a moment , when she could summon up the energy . |
| 23 | Nutty went to watch the next Wednesday , to see if she could pick up a tip or two , and at least find out what they had to beat . |
| 24 | They did erm twenty years ago a teenager , a girl of sixteen could leave home she could pick up a job just like that ! |
| 25 | Possible candidates for Atherton 's place are Somerset youngster Mark Lathwell and England vice-captain Alec Stewart , who could move up the order to open if Jack Russell was recalled as wicketkeeper . |
| 26 | Her fingers reached up to entwine in the clean curl of his black hair , every part of her aching shamelessly to be discovered and touched , by this one man who could whip up a storm in her heart … |
| 27 | ( Who could set up a series of astronomical observations lasting one million years , let alone 150 million ? ) |
| 28 | Havelock Wilson later paid tribute to Butcher , " a kind of silent man but nevertheless a thinker … who could put up a fight all the same " . |
| 29 | If we had anyone who could put up the money then we 'd buy our own and resell it at the end . ’ |
| 30 | Anyway , you could scratch up the rifling with a file and steel wool so that it would never give the same markings on a bullet again . ’ |