Example sentences of "have [vb pp] up [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It was all the harder because I could have given up at any moment . |
2 | Although Milken could have received up to 28 years in prison , most observers were surprised by the severity of his sentence . |
3 | Normally she would have clammed up at that juncture . |
4 | If they had interviewed the — what were then termed — clerical officers and assistants , they may well have come up with different results . |
5 | ‘ They may have saved up for this holiday for years . ’ |
6 | Marcus could have turned up at any moment . |
7 | Melanie could easily have grown up into that sort of woman . |
8 | My children should have grown up into loyal Abbey national customers . |
9 | Even if I had been sufficiently knowledgeable about the NHS funding system to counter his arguments , I still would n't have felt up to political sparring . |
10 | If I do that that 's five hours I 'll have built up in one week . |
11 | They could have applied up to five years . |
12 | When it was on scheduled service , the jumbo would have had up to 450 passengers and 12 crew on board . |
13 | Beneath the overwhelming memories of physical delight there were fears — a fear that she might not have measured up in some way . |
14 | A stone of about eighteen inch four by four with the appropriate heading I would have thought up to four names , depending on how many names there is in the |
15 | A really thorough murderer would have boned up on both subjects more intently . |
16 | Twelve times integral of X squared D X well if we 'd have started off with X squared we 'd could have we would have if we 've started off with X cubed we would have finished up with three X cubed |
17 | If we had selected different base categories , we could have ended up with negative values of d . |
18 | I said , ‘ Goodness me , if you were really ill , you could never have stood up to this trip the way you have . |
19 | Of course it did I , I , I was able to , I was able to pick up , and I used to clear up crimes which I know that some of the others would n't have cleared up at that time . |
20 | Doctors performing illegal abortions and their assistants would have faced up to two years in prison , although the woman undergoing an abortion would not have been punished unless she had performed it herself . |
21 | But I think , within the next hundred years , the rivers of blood spilt in the name of religion will have dried up for all time . |