Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [verb] up [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ahm so I 'm going to see if I could set up a baby sitting circle or something like that . |
| 2 | Who did I think I was imagining glibly that I could bring up a child all by myself ? |
| 3 | I could make up the detections that his presence lost me in a matter of days , and if he thinks he is going to see any wheeling and dealing when he is sitting in , well he 's naive ! |
| 4 | Mr Cartwright told Granpa that with my head for figures I could end up an accountant or a clerk . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I could ring up a colleague in New York . ’ |
| 7 | Supposing I could call up the eagles ? |
| 8 | I know of only one or two couples who have managed to stay together when one partner has been unfaithful and I wish I could pluck up the courage to ask them how they 've done it . |
| 9 | It would keep me going for the afternoon , until I could heat up the rest of the chicken for supper . |
| 10 | I could train up a successor , sir . ’ |
| 11 | Okay , or for instance erm I could write up the theory , excuse me , I could write up the proof of the infinity of primes for a variety of reasons . |
| 12 | Okay , or for instance erm I could write up the theory , excuse me , I could write up the proof of the infinity of primes for a variety of reasons . |
| 13 | Well I would say that erm , in my time , er when they became unemployed , most of them could pick up a job pretty easy because I was speaking about from nineteen forty eight onwards , and of course er it was shortly after a war , there was plenty of work , and therefore most of them could pick up a job in a reasonable space of time and they would n't be idle too long . |
| 14 | Well I would say that erm , in my time , er when they became unemployed , most of them could pick up a job pretty easy because I was speaking about from nineteen forty eight onwards , and of course er it was shortly after a war , there was plenty of work , and therefore most of them could pick up a job in a reasonable space of time and they would n't be idle too long . |
| 15 | She 'd never retire ; but she could fix up the house , put in some extra loos and bathrooms , have the kitchen completely refitted — get her business on a sound footing for the first time in her life . |
| 16 | She could make up a story , say she suffered temporary amnesia , or that she was knocked unconscious by thieves and all her money was gone , but she doubted she could make it sound believable . |
| 17 | Franca even wished that she could set up a relation of some kind with him . |
| 18 | She could knock up an outfit in two hours . ’ |
| 19 | If she put it all in one account she could step up the return on her £20,000 to 6.45 per cent or £1,290 after tax . |
| 20 | She would in a moment , when she could summon up the energy . |
| 21 | Nutty went to watch the next Wednesday , to see if she could pick up a tip or two , and at least find out what they had to beat . |
| 22 | They did erm twenty years ago a teenager , a girl of sixteen could leave home she could pick up a job just like that ! |
| 23 | Anyway , you could scratch up the rifling with a file and steel wool so that it would never give the same markings on a bullet again . ’ |
| 24 | You could draw up a checklist of topics which are of current concern to your students to help you select suitable items from news programmes . |
| 25 | So the very fact that the offspring are more mature , would reduce conflict , because the degree of value of the sources is going to be much greater , in other words , you could give up the sweet . |
| 26 | Presumably all this applies equally well to , to shops because I suppose you could link up the cash registers to some sort of stock control , so that you could almost keep a running total of what you , you have in stock as you erm punch the appropriate numbers up on the , on the till ? |
| 27 | Alternatively , you could set up the WP3–7 to give two different volume levels , different sounds for slap and fingerstyle , different EQs for your fretted and fretless basses , or any other combination . |
| 28 | If you could make up a sentence with those . |
| 29 | Ever wish you could make up a degree course to suit your own needs ? |
| 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 . ’ |