Example sentences of "if [pron] [verb] up a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd been getting records on tick from Billy for ages , ’ explains Havanna 's Tony Scott , ‘ so I said to him ‘ If I make up a record , would you square up the bill ? ’ |
| 2 | Yes and there If I If I pull up a bit and back out there . |
| 3 | ‘ Dragging also depends on size , so if I pick up a bunch of stuff I get a lower dragging sound than if I pick up just one . |
| 4 | ‘ All sight if I walk up a bit ? he called to Marty , who was leaning forward with his elbow on the wheel and his open palm supporting his chin . |
| 5 | I have been to the Benefits Agency in my constituency , where the manager and staff made it plain to me that if staff were concerned about their safety they would not wear a name badge — but most of them want to because they want to be able to be identified by the public , so that if someone rings up a week later he can identify the person to whom he spoke a week before . |
| 6 | If you wrote up a route between September 1990 and April 1991 it would be helpful if you repeated the description in the new book . |
| 7 | If you pick up a sea cucumber , do so with care , for they have an extravagant way of defending themselves . |
| 8 | If you pick up a handful of ordinary package brochures , America will be there : Crystal , Inghams , Intasun , Neilson and Thomson all have new or expanded American programmes . |
| 9 | I thought if you hold up a box of Roses chocolates , grin at it and say , ‘ Mmm … great chocolates ! ’ everybody quite correctly will despise you . |
| 10 | Reality says that if you set up a store and you 're undercapitalised , you 're going to go bust . |
| 11 | No one has yet explained to me what happens to your filter if you set up an aquarium and lock up the ammonia that forms the first stage of the nitrogen cycle as Ammo Lock claims to do . |
| 12 | He adds : ‘ If you set up an incentive system for fundholders they may provide services that pay well to the detriment of other groups . |
| 13 | But quite frankly we 'd prefer it if you put up a bit of a fight as we 're a right sadistic bunch . |
| 14 | there if you clear up a bit ! |
| 15 | Yeah , oh I know I 've said time and time again to them if you park up a bit , you know that house |
| 16 | If we set up a regression formula ( or companion matrix ) for the cubic , we find the next factor to be ( unc + 1 ) , as we have already noted . |
| 17 | If we turned up an hour late for a function in England we would be hammered by everybody . ’ |
| 18 | It is a matter of common experience that if one heats up a poker in a fire it glows red hot and emits radiation , but bodies at lower temperatures emit radiation too ; one just does not normally notice it because the amount is fairly small . |
| 19 | In general terms this means that if one sets up a trust to accumulate income , and the settlor has not completely divested himself of the trust property , he will be chargeable to income tax on the trust income . |
| 20 | ‘ It seems to me that if one sets up a quango and it spends 26% of the money disbursed on its own administration , that is a pretty high percentage . ’ |
| 21 | Well see if it comes up a bit . |
| 22 | If he put up a scheme , you would be willing to follow him to the ends of the earth to ensure its fulfilment . |
| 23 | Jim Lauderdale is like a neutered Dwight Yoakam , though his tribute to George Jones and Gram , ‘ The King Of Broken Hearts ’ suggests he could be exciting if he loosened up a taste . |
| 24 | ‘ But I will be happy if he snaps up a chance or two . ’ |