Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] up [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Information should flow up the overseas subsidiaries and to the parent ; decisions would be decentralised . |
| 2 | That 'll warm up the old bones . ’ |
| 3 | Mind you , these birds are very quick and it might pick up a few words which could be useful . ’ |
| 4 | Not when Thomas might pick up the emotional currents . |
| 5 | Therefore , para. ( c ) could swallow up the other paragraphs . |
| 6 | We could hang up a few politicians too. , ‘ There 's that farmer who used a plough with horses . |
| 7 | Inside , the surgeons , surrounded by dustbins filled with lopped-off limbs , did the best they could to patch up the ghastly wounds caused by the huge shell splinters . |
| 8 | The Americans led 54–41 at half-time and it always seemed they could step up a few gears when required . |
| 9 | My school grades would plummet , I 'd become virtually anorexic and I 'd take up the oddest hobbies to please my loved one . |
| 10 | Now , if like me you 've yet to attempt this big production number you could pick up a few tips here , after all , we 've a number of professionals in this hundred , hoteliers , dressmakers , cake makers , photographers , and video makers , registrars , ministers , but above all , we have a lot ex-brides here , and let's start off by finding how many we have . |
| 11 | Soon she would herself be in the market for a new home , and , though she and Boyd could not hope to outdo a contractor like the Mayor building for himself , she could pick up a few ideas and have them incorporated into their new house in Vanier Heights . |
| 12 | The men would run up the outside staircases and make straight for that . |
| 13 | It would set up a National Monuments Commission to care for ancient sites , institute small penalties for vandals who damaged them , and — most important — give the commission a right of purchase if the owner of a scheduled monument wanted to destroy it . |
| 14 | But the day was saved by Everett , who agreed — after pressurizing his boss , Alastair Morton — that Guinness Mahon would take up the remaining shares . |
| 15 | I shall take up the individual cases that the hon. Gentleman has brought to my attention and give as detailed an answer on them as possible . |
| 16 | The wind would howl up the close entrances and whistle up the stairs . |
| 17 | The stories of the Last Days , when the Summoner would open up the Dark Reaches of the Spirit Lands and call down the worst of the manitous to lay waste the worlds of the white man and the red . |
| 18 | The theory is that the household rubbish will soak up the ill effects of the nasty stuff the not — so accidental practical result is a large cost saving . |
| 19 | If they succeed , they will give up the last vestiges of the party state and refute the criticisms that they are only interested in the power and money accumulated by the Communists over the past 40 years , without accepting any blame for their actions . |
| 20 | Tonight 's AGM will weigh up the relative merits of two businessmen , John Kerr and Robert Fleeting , to assume control at Rugby Park . |
| 21 | We will set up a National Qualifications Council to coordinate a single system of academic and vocational courses for 14–19 year olds , and a new Higher Education Standards Council to monitor quality in higher education . |
| 22 | Labour will set up a Human Rights Division in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office , and require all Britain 's diplomatic posts abroad to appoint an officer to monitor human rights . |
| 23 | The task of ordering the Church 's worship is too awesome to be left to chance , either in the hope that the person responsible for it will pick up the necessary skills or in the belief that it can be done by anyone . |
| 24 | Okay , let's have a break er if you can come back reasonably quickly er we can make up a few seconds . |
| 25 | okay it 'll be that so you can eventually you can build up a few tricks that 'll help you sort out a lot of the spelling . |
| 26 | Then , when you return to your own room , you can look up the relevant pages and study them in the light of the explanations you have had . |
| 27 | Unless they 're very very careful the supporters of one member , one vote so called will create a narrow and exclusive Party , limited to those lucky people who can stump up an eighteen pounds membership fee without thinking too hard , and in the Britain of nineteen ninety three there are n't quite as many of those as perhaps we would like to see . |
| 28 | We will do everything we can to clear up the open questions . ’ |
| 29 | We will do everything we can to clear up the open questions . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ George Graham says they can go up a few gears for the replay , but we 'll wait and see . |