Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] up [art] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did , however , recommend the immediate closure of the two oldest of Sosnovy-Bor 's four reactors , and suggested that nearby Western states should make up the energy shortfall to enable this to take place . |
| 2 | Must keep up the family tradition you know . |
| 3 | The governing body must set up a selection panel and the post of headteacher or deputy headteacher has to be advertised nationally . |
| 4 | The FLA should draw up a development plan with every Football League club to bring its ground up to scratch over an agreed time period . |
| 5 | Egypt had already secretly proposed that Israel should set up a Palestine Liberation Committee to pursue a solution to the refugee problem in the form of a small Palestinian state in the Arab-held parts of Palestine . |
| 6 | Poverty rather than indifference is the reason for Moscow 's inaction , it seems : it was Mikhail Gorbachev who in his autumn 1988 UN speech in New York proposed that the UN should set up an emergency centre for the environment . |
| 7 | Somehow I must get up the Library steps , for if I can get in there before they reach me , they wo n't be able to duff me in . |
| 8 | If we are pretty sure that someone has had a heart attack though , we 'll whistle up the RAF helicopter to get the casualty straight to the hospital . |
| 9 | ‘ As I say , I 'll ring up the town hall and see what they say . |
| 10 | At about the same time as the State Department was receiving this cable from their most senior man on the spot , Secretary of State Byrnes was cabling the Paris embassy that the French were planning to reconquer Tonkin and might set up a puppet government ; while in Hanoi the French commander , General Morlière , was claiming that the US and Chinese consuls had denounced the ‘ criminal and bestial folly ’ of the Vietminh ; although apparently they had n't said a word one way or the other . |
| 11 | Oh yeah ! and all you non train-spotters need't worry , I 'll set up an alias list . |
| 12 | They 'll set up an emergency centre at the home of one of the islanders and have enlisted the support of one of the world 's most prominent sea mammal vets . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'll set up the film units on all access points to Finland . ’ |
| 14 | As the band were good enough live , we could build up a ground swell of interest at a local level which then translated into national success . |
| 15 | Ever wish you could make up a degree course to suit your own needs ? |
| 16 | They could make up the England rugby pack . ’ |
| 17 | Me an ’ Gerry 'd build up the kitchen fire and we 'd sit there and talk about what we 'd do if we won the Irish Sweepstake . |
| 18 | We 're sure that machine knitters will think of other uses — perhaps those who can use a sewing machine could run up a fabric tool and accessory holder which could be suspended off the side of the knitting table ! |
| 19 | Windsfield straight into New Invention and every Wednesday night , first it was the cows that would come and then the sheep and they 'd got to walk to the abattoir at Bloxwich , and erm sometimes the cows were so heavy with milk that er a lot of people in New Invention had free milk and then if the , if the sheep would be here there and everywhere you know and then with mother living where there was an entry dividing four houses er and a well straight at the top , and a. a big old-fashioned er tap for the cold water , there were n't any taps laid in kitchen in er what are the outhouses it was a communal tap erm sometimes the sheep would get out of hand and they 'd run up the entry hall and all round mother 's yard and then the cows would go around , but er it , it to me I felt sorry about it , because especially in the summer er erm the poor things were so hot and to walk all those miles , now they 're carried are n't they and they used to every Wednesday every Wednesday of the year the drivers would er the men must have been absolutely tired out , well although they 'd be used to it would n't they , but it was miles to walk from Wolverhampton the cattle market to Blox straight to Bloxwich and er that was another event that erm it , we , it , we used to have . |
| 20 | Similarly , a single random decrease in aggregate demand could set up a multiperiod recession ( see Blinder and Fischer , 1981 ; Demery and Duck , 1985 ; Duck , 1986 ) . |
| 21 | The town 's traders agreed to move their stalls off the High Street , and the mayor agreed to give up his parking space , so the BBC could set up an exhibition marquee . |
| 22 | ‘ He 'd go up the coffee stalls and peddle his arse for money . ’ |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Before 1950 there was no regional TV station or transmitter : only Parisians could pick up a TV signal ; in 1958 only 50 per cent of the population could tune in to the one black-and-white TV channel . |
| 25 | Alternatively you could pick up a pinstripe suit from tried and trusted Marks & Spencer . |
| 26 | We could pick up the World Service , Voice of America ( VOA ) and a number of local stations which broadcast in English and French . |
| 27 | If you 've got a minute you could fill up the coffee machine again , and I 'll have a word with Jerry when I get back down . ’ |
| 28 | And perhaps we could open up the pest house |
| 29 | NetWare on the other hand , could open up the LAN market for Oracle . |
| 30 | ‘ If you could dig up a back copy — he gave the date , nine years before ; ‘ — If the worst comes to the worst , just lift one from the Liaison Officer 's back room . ’ |