Example sentences of "[vb pp] up [prep] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The parents can now be fined up to a thousand pounds for the children , because they have n't carried out the instructions of the court . |
| 2 | To supplement work-outs , he has come up with a global best-practices programme . |
| 3 | ‘ We 've come up with a few names . |
| 4 | In Britain , those from the late Fifties and Sixties fetch about Pounds 1 , while pre-war badges can usually be picked up for a few pounds . |
| 5 | That sort of partnership can not be built up over a few years , it has to be through a long term commitment by both parties . ’ |
| 6 | An integrated circuit can be made up of a few capacitors , diodes , resistors and transistors or even thousands of them . |
| 7 | Even that will be used up within a few months , when further recourse to the IMF will be inescapable . |
| 8 | It 's beleived up to a dozen men and women are employed on his estate and today despite the news , the work went on . |
| 9 | The Burleigh group set off from London on Friday morning and they 're hoping their efforts have raised up to a million pounds for the 2 hospitals . |
| 10 | Curl crazy style from Mac & Co with the hair pinned up in a small coils from the crown to the fringe |
| 11 | The sponsorship deal between the school and the film company was set up by a former Downs School pupil , who now manages the Phoenix Cinema . |
| 12 | The barges , designed to be sailed by one man and a boy , could be laid up in a few days . |
| 13 | From a conservationist viewpoint , Hong Kong 's problem can be summed up in a few words : too many people . |
| 14 | Either way , a whole house-shell could be put up in a few hours by a few successive foam-formings of the main walls and pillars . |
| 15 | Lothar replied that he simply had a skin complaint that could be cleared up in a few days . |
| 16 | But it 's not for sale at any price — it 's more than a hundred years old , and was snapped up for a thousand pounds at auction . |
| 17 | Then the funeral was held up for a few days , and we soon realised that the effect was indeed cosmetic and nothing more . |