Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [verb] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must fill up the list though because there 's a lot of things coming up . |
| 2 | Somehow I must get up the Library steps , for if I can get in there before they reach me , they wo n't be able to duff me in . |
| 3 | I suppose I should warm up the audience with a few Hound of the Baskerville howls , send Rainbow 's eyes swirling round like Roman candles , and cause fruity Yiddish curses to croak and gibber from her mouth . |
| 4 | It had n't occurred to her that I might take up the blackmail where Jack Mahoney had left off . |
| 5 | I 'll fetch up the bath to you straight , and have Adam bring cans of water up here . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 'll set up the film units on all access points to Finland . ’ |
| 7 | I 'll set up the interviews for you . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll tell you what , I 'll set up the board when we get back . |
| 9 | As soon as we get there , I 'll start up the motors again . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll make up the fire , Miss , and bring up some more coals — ’ |
| 11 | I 'll clear up the mess in a minute . |
| 12 | Right if you sent the table , I 'll serve up the dinner . |
| 13 | And then I 'll go up the shop and get some , I 'll need a couple of boxes . |
| 14 | No I 'll go up the next one |
| 15 | I 'll send up the chaps from the mortuary van if you 're ready for them to take him away . " |
| 16 | Yeah , okay , I 've just been to Asda so kids are on the way to put the bits of shopping in the van , alright , cos I got 'em some cereal and some bread and I 'll bring up the toaster , they can take the toaster with 'em for a while and oh there is , is there ? |
| 17 | Well I 'll wash up the . |
| 18 | Very cost What I 'm saying is it 's quick erm people expect to do it it 's something oh if they 're writing instead of going round I 'll pick up the phone and do it . |
| 19 | Right , now you be a good girl for a minute , while I 'll fill up the , fill up the car alright ? |
| 20 | Now , while you go and dry those eyes , I 'll look up the trains . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Oh , I 'll look up the books he 's written at the college library and take a couple out , ’ said Loretta airily . |
| 22 | I 'll clean up the mess , ’ sighed Emily then , more urgently : ‘ Oh no , Trevor . |
| 23 | I 'll tie up the dogs . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ As I say , I 'll ring up the town hall and see what they say . |
| 25 | I 'll top up the stove here while you 're in the kitchen . ’ |
| 26 | I could make up the detections that his presence lost me in a matter of days , and if he thinks he is going to see any wheeling and dealing when he is sitting in , well he 's naive ! |
| 27 | Speaking more generally , I suppose that I could sum up the Prime Minister 's speech — without rancour — as timid , devoid of national purpose and lacking in inspiration . |
| 28 | Supposing I could call up the eagles ? |
| 29 | I could buy up the whole block . |
| 30 | I know of only one or two couples who have managed to stay together when one partner has been unfaithful and I wish I could pluck up the courage to ask them how they 've done it . |