Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] up [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Diana Dors was never really thought of as a great actress … indeed she once described her film career as ’ a lot of make believe held up by 37 inch bra cups ’ . |
| 2 | It was all the harder because I could have given up at any moment . |
| 3 | Although Milken could have received up to 28 years in prison , most observers were surprised by the severity of his sentence . |
| 4 | Normally she would have clammed up at that juncture . |
| 5 | If they had interviewed the — what were then termed — clerical officers and assistants , they may well have come up with different results . |
| 6 | ‘ They may have saved up for this holiday for years . ’ |
| 7 | Marcus could have turned up at any moment . |
| 8 | Melanie could easily have grown up into that sort of woman . |
| 9 | My children should have grown up into loyal Abbey national customers . |
| 10 | Even if I had been sufficiently knowledgeable about the NHS funding system to counter his arguments , I still would n't have felt up to political sparring . |
| 11 | If I do that that 's five hours I 'll have built up in one week . |
| 12 | They could have applied up to five years . |
| 13 | When it was on scheduled service , the jumbo would have had up to 450 passengers and 12 crew on board . |
| 14 | Beneath the overwhelming memories of physical delight there were fears — a fear that she might not have measured up in some way . |
| 15 | A stone of about eighteen inch four by four with the appropriate heading I would have thought up to four names , depending on how many names there is in the |
| 16 | A really thorough murderer would have boned up on both subjects more intently . |
| 17 | Twelve times integral of X squared D X well if we 'd have started off with X squared we 'd could have we would have if we 've started off with X cubed we would have finished up with three X cubed |
| 18 | If we had selected different base categories , we could have ended up with negative values of d . |
| 19 | I said , ‘ Goodness me , if you were really ill , you could never have stood up to this trip the way you have . |
| 20 | Of course it did I , I , I was able to , I was able to pick up , and I used to clear up crimes which I know that some of the others would n't have cleared up at that time . |
| 21 | Doctors performing illegal abortions and their assistants would have faced up to two years in prison , although the woman undergoing an abortion would not have been punished unless she had performed it herself . |
| 22 | But I think , within the next hundred years , the rivers of blood spilt in the name of religion will have dried up for all time . |
| 23 | ‘ And how 'd you get mixed up with that layabout ? |
| 24 | It includes the latest Purple Airways information , to make sure you do n't get mixed up with Royal flights . |
| 25 | You can get steamed up over Central America ( Missing ) or racism ( Betrayed ) , but there 's no arguing with the death camps . |
| 26 | Jane could not get worked up about any car . |
| 27 | I 'm not pushy enough to dig out real controversies , and I ca n't get worked up about red-hot issues . |
| 28 | It was ridiculous , letting herself get worked up into this state . |
| 29 | We could lie propped up against wide pillows edged with lace , the legs of the bed rooted in a froth of cow parsley , convolvulus thrusting through the wrought-iron bedstead , the blue sky and the clouds more solid than the rows of houses underneath . |