Example sentences of "[vb pp] up [prep] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ We 've come up with a few names . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | 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 . ’ |
4 | An integrated circuit can be made up of a few capacitors , diodes , resistors and transistors or even thousands of them . |
5 | Even that will be used up within a few months , when further recourse to the IMF will be inescapable . |
6 | The barges , designed to be sailed by one man and a boy , could be laid up in a few days . |
7 | From a conservationist viewpoint , Hong Kong 's problem can be summed up in a few words : too many people . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | Lothar replied that he simply had a skin complaint that could be cleared up in a few days . |
10 | Then the funeral was held up for a few days , and we soon realised that the effect was indeed cosmetic and nothing more . |