Example sentences of "can [adv] [verb] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But young couples are often surprised , even shocked , by the ferocity of the rows that can suddenly blow up in the first year or two of marriage . |
| 2 | She says well , we can only take up to the value of your car , , which is more than they did ! |
| 3 | ‘ Ordinary Catholics on the Falls Road can not stand up to the IRA . |
| 4 | If you still can not reach up to the extreme end and determine that the burrow is now empty you must reintroduce your line ferret once more to do the job for you . |
| 5 | In other words , I feel guilty because I can not live up to the expectations placed upon me by society or individuals . |
| 6 | Marthus said that food production can not keep up with the population increase |
| 7 | The skua is astonishingly agile for so big a bird , but can not keep up among the throng and gives up . |
| 8 | On top of the official fee of up to 10 yuan ( about $1 ) a term , many schools add on other charges , for repairing crumbling school buildings , topping up teachers ' meagre pay or buying books , which can easily add up to the equivalent of $10 a month . |
| 9 | Er but , you know , I , I 'd , as I say , I think er and then if we just , if we can just pick up like the odd I mean , I 've , I 've had a long chat with Anne , we 've had a long , erm meeting with Anne yesterday about it , and she 's gon na start pushing cos you know , she 's really done the Royal upstairs , it 's |
| 10 | Skilful dribbling is easy 'coz the ball 's glued to your foot , and you can soon zoom up towards the opposing goal . |
| 11 | I can soon pick up on the current contacts , get a good team together . ’ |
| 12 | But if you are not careful you can still end up on the street and losing money , even when your rent is fully paid up . |
| 13 | Saturday 's 2-1 win was Sunderland 's third in succession and Crosby said : ‘ We can still come up on the blind side . |
| 14 | We can always finish up at the Boar if things do n't improve . ’ |
| 15 | I can hardly stand up at the best of times — which is n't surprising when the only ice I 'm interested in is in my Scotch on the rocks ! |
| 16 | In the blue corner , we have the ‘ JD Telecaster ’ , the Japanese-made version of the very same instrument , and one you can probably pick up for the very interesting price of £400 or less . |
| 17 | so while our climbers rest and enjoy the sea air we can now catch up with the rest of the sporting action … |
| 18 | Yet nothing can quite make up for the gaudy excesses of the auto-da-fe . |
| 19 | Have your tea , then you can either go up to the nursery and play or come in the kitchen with me and help me make a pie , whichever you like . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ They can certainly keep up with the traffic , and have a fair turn of performance . ’ |