Example sentences of "[vb base] up [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it enough to assume you are comparatively fit because you walk up a few stairs or stretch and bend a little as you go about your household chores ? |
| 2 | Chase up a few stories . |
| 3 | Clear up a few unsolveds , eh sir ? ’ |
| 4 | At least confident that Spouse will enjoy , and probably pick up a few tips from , biography of Hitler . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , ’ says the ex-chief executive philosophically , ‘ when you 've managed a business in crisis mode as long as I have , you pick up a few enemies . ’ |
| 6 | As soon as it is well open , and perhaps already dropping pollen grains on to its own stigma and petals , pick up a few grains with a small paint brush , and transfer them to the stigma of the female . |
| 7 | ‘ Instead of grabbing a tin of soup the book will say , ‘ Pick up a few carrots , a leek , chop them up and throw them in water , add a dash of cream , a few leaves of chervil , and you have something homely and delicious that you have made . ’ |
| 8 | Maybe if we set up a few committees , something will happen . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I thought perhaps this year , if I just rustle up a few quiches , buy some French bread — ’ |
| 10 | Practise reading it and think up a few sentences to explain why you have chosen it . |
| 11 | Petty sessions throw up a few cases , but not many . |
| 12 | Mike come up a few times . |
| 13 | Whether this moderate tower in St Enoch 's Square will do more than brighten up a few central shopping streets remains to be seen . |
| 14 | ‘ He told me he could n't face the prospect of another divorce , which I understood because my parents split up a few years ago and it was very distressing , ’ she said . |