Example sentences of "[modal v] [to-vb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know , maybe we ought to give up work . |
| 2 | If women are to be judged by their appearance , Mira ought to give up books : |
| 3 | Cos then you come to your floor and then your sides used to go up villages on a ship . |
| 4 | That 's where us used to go up night times when it was raining and that cold . ’ |
| 5 | But then again yo you 're you 're advised against going over the speed limit that most people do , I do I I tell yo like I said I 'm not a saint cos like a couple of times when I was first driving , especially in my fucking sprint cos it was a quick car I used to drive up people 's arses and wait until I could overtake them and if they did slow down that used to incense me and I 'd fucking , I 'd go right up there arse and then probably try and cut them up when I went , overtook them and I s fucking learnt , I got a I had a couple of close calls like , people are slamming brakes on and stuff |
| 6 | Our favoured method is undergravel filtration with internal powerfilters occasionally used to clean up tanks or supplement the undergravel systems . |
| 7 | I remember Stromness dry for I was I used to drive a car then I used to pick up folk and take them to the Pomona and take them back again . |
| 8 | His mouth gave a wry twist as he remembered an old lady in his home town who used to buy up sympathy cards by the dozen . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Well , Bilborough , my mother lives at Bilborough , I thought it 'd be nice to be near her , my dad lives up Sherwood , and I used to , I used to live up Sherwood , it 's a good place and got a good school . |
| 11 | They used to get up trees with glasses and look with everything they |
| 12 | With one sergeant I had then , I used to make up stories about keeping an eye on thieves if he did n't find me at the points . |
| 13 | When you was little I used to make up stories for him did n't I June ? |
| 14 | I soon realized that if I made it a bit spicy , I 'd get more than threepence for it , so I used to make up limericks , things like , |
| 15 | ‘ I wonder if I ought to take up weight-lifting . ’ |