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 .
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