Example sentences of "[adv] [modal v] [pers pn] [verb] up [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How long could she keep up the pretence of being a competent sailor ? |
| 2 | Well can you shut up a minute cos I think straight with you rabbiting in my ears ! |
| 3 | ‘ Please can you send up a bottle of Jim Beam , two glasses , a plate of steak sandwiches … ’ |
| 4 | How could I pass up a chance of hiring the most beautiful bargee in the solar system ? ’ |
| 5 | Trouble was , if she appeared downstairs too soon it would look as if she was cadging a lift , and if she arrived too late they would have gone without her — and then how would she summon up the courage to go at all ? |
| 6 | So how would you sum up a function ? |
| 7 | And how would you sum up a mapping ? |
| 8 | I 'm over 40 , so how can I firm up a sagging bustline ? |
| 9 | and the other is , why should I clear up the mess that this guy 's made . |