Example sentences of "she [modal v] [vb infin] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd never retire ; but she could fix up the house , put in some extra loos and bathrooms , have the kitchen completely refitted — get her business on a sound footing for the first time in her life . |
| 2 | If she put it all in one account she could step up the return on her £20,000 to 6.45 per cent or £1,290 after tax . |
| 3 | She would in a moment , when she could summon up the energy . |
| 4 | And I thought she might have come today cos she said she 'd bring up the money but she has n't , not yet . |
| 5 | Fire would break out in the house and he would be trapped in his room , unconscious ; she would climb up the ivy at the back of the house and help him to get out . |
| 6 | On her way , out of shame that she would mess up the arrangements , she stopped at a small shop and got some fresh rolls and ham , some butter and some tins of Smithwicks bitter . |
| 7 | When he was in the dining room she would be in the dairy ; when he wandered out to look at the home fields she would be over the lake by Burtness Wood ; when he made his way to the wood she would retreat up the fell and it was pointless , he rightly guessed , as well as being too open to comment , to pursue her onto the tops . |
| 8 | She would pick up the thought and put it outside her mind . |
| 9 | Then sometimes she would pick up the telephone and natter to Charles . |
| 10 | If only she would pick up the receiver . |
| 11 | They would sing Welsh songs together , she would take up the descant , he would make up verses with just a little edge to them . |