Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [pers pn] up [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You are more likely to have a rug accepted by an auctioneer if you are prepared to put it up without a reserve ( a figure agreed between you and the auctioneer below which they will not sell the rug ) , but this is extremely risky as it could then be sold for far less than it is worth . |
| 2 | Press response If there does not seem to be any response to your press release , do not be afraid to follow it up with a telephone call . |
| 3 | You 're supposed to curl it up in a , in a erm in a brush when you blow dry it you know . |
| 4 | You 're not going to see this one at your local Bijou nor are you likely to pick it up at the corner video store . |
| 5 | You 're not going to see this one at your local Bijou nor are you likely to pick it up at the corner video store . |
| 6 | ‘ He 's more likely to set you up as a courier on an over-sixties package holiday to Majorca . ’ |
| 7 | That still messes me up on the guitar . ’ |
| 8 | This turned out to be a bonus , because we had to stay overnight in Paris and by good luck , our friends the family Toulagian were in , and happy to put us up at no notice . |
| 9 | Its defenders have certainly been reluctant to give it up in the face of criticisms , for fear that ‘ without it , the macro-economists would be adrift in a sea of unorganized data ’ ( Samuelson and Nordhaus 1985 ) . |
| 10 | I felt that if I could get into a regular habit-forming routine then I would be able to keep it up beyond the 30 days . |
| 11 | He puts a lot of pace on the ball , especially with his forehand , and he 's able to back it up with a volley . |
| 12 | Bits of both Open Look and Motif are already in there — and some features will be handled as objects — although Cunningham admits it is unlikely to make it up to the XT intrinsics level , on top of which the various interface look and feels are created . |
| 13 | Knowing all about how to have safer sex is of no use if we feel unable to bring it up with a partner . |
| 14 | Something hot to set you up for the journey . ’ |
| 15 | She was just using the fact that I was desperate to hold me up for an outrageously high fee . |
| 16 | If not , you are obliged to top it up to the statutory level . |
| 17 | I was surprised to see them up in the tall grasses , instead of moving along the exposed bank , but I realised that the rising river level had forced them up . |
| 18 | ‘ If you take as much trouble as we do in BP to get the words and information right , it would be silly to dish them up in an unattractive package , ’ Brigg adds . |