Example sentences of "you [modal v] [verb] up a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Perhaps you ought to make up a party with your parents , ’ Isobel said dutifully . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's just you should speak up a bit more . ’ |
| 3 | You should open up a bit more , share your problems . |
| 4 | Once you have decided on the questions you want to ask , you should draw up a chart like A on which you can record customer 's responses quickly , simply by ticking or filling in the appropriate column . |
| 5 | You should pick up a chair and throw it at me but |
| 6 | He took it — rather as you might pick up a worm in the garden — and popped it gingerly in his mouth . |
| 7 | But you might pick up a thing or two just by looking . |
| 8 | Er , Erm , another thing you might do , you might take up a hobby that you 've got to think about . |
| 9 | And , they may have one display displayed , but if you go to somewhere like a warehouse or distribution where you go round and pick up your you can go to a garden you 'll pick up a box that 's illustrating a Flymo lawn mower or something and , and it 'll , er they spend a lot of time and money on the packaging , but , a lot of people for pilferage reasons do n't illustrate and that 's good practise not to illustrate , from our point of view , what 's on the package . |
| 10 | Right One of the things that er we try to pass on is that you 'll pick up a lot of information which may not be relevant to you but may be relevant to members of your family or friends . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | If you could make up a sentence with those . |
| 13 | Ever wish you could make up a degree course to suit your own needs ? |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 15 | If you stand here it might look beautiful , but if you pick up each one individually you 'll see weeds germinating , brittle bits and you could pick up a disease in the early stages which you just would n't see otherwise . |
| 16 | You could pick up a seat by knowing the right people , having gone to the right school or being thought to be worth a few thousand — almost the first question put to the prospective MP for Richmond , Sir George Harvie-Watt , when he went up before the local selection committee in 1937 was whether he would subscribe £700 to the local association . |
| 17 | Alternatively you could pick up a pinstripe suit from tried and trusted Marks & Spencer . |
| 18 | But the yard one of the yard inspectors came to me and said , I wonder if you would make up a roster for the supervisors . |
| 19 | See if you can conjure up a picture of you being successful — what were the events , what were your thoughts and feelings , and what were you doing at the time ? |
| 20 | I 'll find some sheets presently and you can make up a bed in the spare room . |
| 21 | You can spice up a document by drawing straight onto it . |
| 22 | So you can set up a scheme |
| 23 | Applying fonts is still a two stage process — you can set up a default font and up to seven others using the /Global , Spreadsheet , Fonts menu . |
| 24 | So , you can set up a CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT that not only starts Windows but also gets rid of any drivers that you do n't need to have loaded . |
| 25 | Windows is stuffed full of things you have to configure or change before you can set up a printer , for example . |
| 26 | But when you begin fishing , if it is a swim you have never fished before with a swimfeeder , it is essential that you find out how long it takes to empty so that you can set up a rhythm of casting and feeding . |
| 27 | This village and its neighbour Elterwater ( q.v. ) are old quarrying villages , and from the church at Chapel Stile you can walk up a footpath which leads to the dramatic Thrang Slate Quarry . |
| 28 | . Or you can build up a tree . |
| 29 | This section discusses these pensions , how they can be increased by additional voluntary contributions , how you can build up a pension if you have no access to an employer 's scheme and how divorce affects your right to your ex-husband 's pension . |
| 30 | For instance , you can build up a design that looks as though it has been pressed as a single spray ( see pp. 98–9 ) , although in fact each flower and leaf should be positioned with care to give a natural effect . |