Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] up [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | With patterned fabric , the design must line up across the whole width of the curtain . |
2 | You must keep up with the full range of your subjects — but where do you begin ? |
3 | We must face up to the harsh fact that the present social and economic pattern of farming in the EEC can no longer be maintained . |
4 | Bear in mind that all sections must add up to the overall length measurement . |
5 | They were all duly sentenced , those villagers of Snodland , were to walk bare foot after the procession on the following Sunday , each charged to carry a taper worth a halfpenny which they should offer up to the Holy Cross . |
6 | People must turn up at the proverbial factory gates fresh , fit and ready to toil . |
7 | If so , HP could hit the full-motion video market long before its competitors and , with NT in tow , might wind up in the thick of the battle for dominance in the next wave of PCs . |
8 | He believes that the jets may originate from ‘ dikes ’ — a geological term for tilted strata or layers or others particularly dusty areas which might stick up from the surrounding surface . |
9 | ‘ Look , May , ’ he said , ‘ if you 're not careful you 'll end up at the funny farm the way you 're going on . ’ |
10 | The way to overcome this is to sail slightly high of your intended course and you 'll end up in the right place . |
11 | Yes , you can see when the ball goes off , then you 'll end up in the far corner . |
12 | The Board of Customs & Excise has also indicated ‘ some pleasure ’ at the proposals and the IITP is optimistic that it might end up as the internal examining body for the department . |
13 | On the other it might end up with the negative attitudes about dementia and care for dementia sufferers attaching to the segregated units . " |
14 | Dan 's questions were annoying Kate and if he was n't careful he just might end up on the receiving end of her tongue . |
15 | Meanwhile , it would be fairer and franker of the SNBTS to mention in its information leaflets and at its collection centres that a donor 's blood might end up in the private sector . |
16 | One of his mates thinks he said he might go up to the Common . |
17 | M. B. If you were lucky you might just get told off by the superintendent or you might go up before the chief constable where you could be fined . |
18 | ‘ I 'll walk up to the main road . |
19 | I thought I 'd wait up for the early morning newscast on the radio . ’ |
20 | The girls bringing in the parcel could dress up like the bridegroom-to-be , taking his work or hobby as the theme , or like any male characters such as footballers , policemen or policewomen wearing sunglasses , gorillas with cigars , city gents in bowler hats , or a spoof pop group of boys in short trousers and caps singing , ‘ Will you still need me when I 'm sixty-four ? ’ . |
21 | I 'd ease up on the hard stuff if I were you . |
22 | I do n't think yo I think you may be right but I do n't think I could keep up with the different kind of hairstyles ! |
23 | But not even a full-time repair unit could keep up with the constant breaching of the fencing . |
24 | She felt as if she could float up into the starry night . |
25 | Nothing and no one could measure up to the beautiful goodness , attractive goodness she saw in its ideal perfection in Jesus Christ . |
26 | Feminist psychology tries to get round women 's occasional lower scores on such traits by suggesting how , with the right experience and environment , they could measure up to the male-oriented norms . |
27 | However , it should be pointed out that not every coffin-maker or funeral furnisher knew this and one could end up with the horrendous mismatch of an elderly widower being given a plate intended for a young girl . |
28 | ‘ If I could end up with the Olympic , world , European and Commonwealth golds , I reckon that might make even Carl blink . |
29 | But it could end up as the only game in town . ’ |
30 | In case you had n't noticed , Ulster 's John Reid is having a barnstorming season and he could end up in the top four in the championship with over 100 winners . |