Example sentences of "could [be] [verb] up in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lothar replied that he simply had a skin complaint that could be cleared up in a few days . |
| 2 | But the referendum plan could be swallowed up in a swamp of indifference — a Russian television opinion poll yesterday showed only 34 per cent of those questioned would take part . |
| 3 | Either way , a whole house-shell could be put up in a few hours by a few successive foam-formings of the main walls and pillars . |
| 4 | Below was a boot containing a folding camp bed of polished steel ‘ of commodious size with a tester-top and on castors ’ and so constructed that it ‘ could be folded up in a minute . ’ |
| 5 | The barges , designed to be sailed by one man and a boy , could be laid up in a few days . |