Example sentences of "would [adv] [verb] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If there was anything like a Foreign Legion story , or something like Hitchcock 's Lifeboat , when the characters had to ration out the water , you 'd slowly turn up the heat . |
| 2 | I 'd already set up the perch , so I put Dawn on it as I spoke . |
| 3 | And she was ordering stuff for Nana , you know , fruits , sweets , crisps all sorts of things , upstairs and downstairs and chocolates in , you know , she 'd just go up the shops and buy them . |
| 4 | Besides , he was sure we 'd quickly make up the time once we got out to sea . |
| 5 | Yeah I know we 'd still go up the Clickers sometimes but we do n't have to go all the time do we ? |
| 6 | Many feared they 'd simply eat up the opposition , and with feet the size of human hands and powerful legs to go with them , the records looked set to be broken . |
| 7 | ‘ I played some electric guitar as well , because I 'd never pass up the chance to play electric — I really like it better . |
| 8 | But he says it 's never lost him a night 's sleep , and he 'd happily take up the rope again if called . |
| 9 | But he says it 's never lost him a night 's sleep , and he 'd happily take up the rope again if called . |
| 10 | Until the Sheffield incident , the MoD had abided by an agreement with Exocet 's French manufacturers that the British would not open up the missile 's guidance section . |
| 11 | The hon. Gentleman says that that is what he is advocating , and says that we should reintroduce it now for those who face a shortfall in fees , but it would not make up the shortfall , because it would be part of the reasonable rate of fees . |
| 12 | Clearly upset , the 51-year-old entrepreneur said that his group would not give up the fight . |
| 13 | ( 2 ) That the King would not give up the chance of marrying Mrs Simpson . |
| 14 | ‘ Paula Milne 's powerful and controversial play is a fictional account of her own experience of having a mongol baby and deciding , with her husband Peter , that they would not bring up the child . |
| 15 | She would not take up the cudgels of such a battle . |
| 16 | Their gravitational attraction would thus curve up the universe to infinitely small size . |
| 17 | Once the tank is more mature I would gradually build up the stocking over several months aiming for shoals of fish , rather than odd pairs and trios . |
| 18 | They had not crushed the ashes in the hearth , the ink would still show up the names , if that sheriff had thought to look ! |
| 19 | If the Church of England , which many preferred to call simply ‘ the Establishment ’ or , copying the Scots , ‘ the Episcopalian Church ’ violated its ‘ contract ’ and failed to provide a Protestant religion for England , then the Nonconformists , cooperating through the Council , would willingly take up the contract and deliver the appropriate religion . |
| 20 | No doubt a research project to assess the increase of acidity by rain by heather ( Calluna vulgaris ) would also pick up the effect of accumulated dust . |
| 21 | He did n't want that and he would n't give up the mistress either — not for three years . ’ |
| 22 | Dana would n't give up the chance to shine in front of all the heads of the fashion world . |
| 23 | He says that sponsors would n't put up the cash to pay for a judge to travel abroad . |
| 24 | Without the new share capital , the banks would n't put up the £5bn syndicated loan which was to provide the bulk of the tunnel 's finance . |
| 25 | He would n't pick up the tab for anyone else . |
| 26 | The fairy would then fly up the chimney and the human baby would be found at the door . |
| 27 | North would charter a Caribbean cruise ship , the Sea Goddess , for half a million dollars ; the contra leaders would come on board , declare their independence from the regime in Managua , adopt a constitution and seek recognition from Washington ; the ship would then sail up the east coast , turn up the Delaware river and dock in Philadelphia , and cameras would record it all . |
| 28 | When a bather wanted more hot water , he or she had to shout over the noise of filling baths and protesting bathers and the Duchesse singing , and depending on how this eccen-tric woman felt , she would either top up the water from a source outside the cubicles or tell the bather his time was up . |
| 29 | The work would completely tie up the lines — which is where the proposal could come unstuck . |
| 30 | Who would actually draw up the wording of the brochure ? |