Example sentences of "may [vb infin] up [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such bonds may build up before either party is fully aware of the connection , for they can be formed through a process of initiative and response at a very deep level . |
| 2 | Your army may include up to eight Steam Tanks . |
| 3 | At a recent presentation by the Danish Bacon & Meat Council , one of the less-boring pronouncements was that consumers may spend up to one minute rummaging through the bacon counter at supermarkets before making their choice . |
| 4 | Unless some of those cripples get well we may end up in midtable anonymity by May . |
| 5 | In Birmingham , Stuart Tullah of Collins Son & Harvey , which has a large rental book says : ‘ People faced with taking another 12-month tenancy now are afraid prices may go up in that time . ’ |
| 6 | What may happen is that the returning reflected stress waves repeatedly meet the outgoing ones at some critical or unlucky point and thus the stress may pile up at this point until fracture occurs . |
| 7 | And he may turn up at any moment with a simple explanation , and wonder what we 've been worrying about . ’ |
| 8 | Is it likely that there are other pupils who may turn up in that room in a few minutes ? |