Example sentences of "[noun] would [verb] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | SHADOW Health Secretary Dave Blunkett vowed that Labour would keep up the fight to stop the Tories ruining the NHS . |
| 2 | He said there was no reason to think the hotel industry would pick up the Scotch Corner Hotel and Croft Spa Hotel had gone into receivership and The Solberge and Kirkby Fleetham Hall were up for sale . |
| 3 | But it could also be used to their advantage in that how that erm absolute egalitarianism would speed up the process of land reform and eliminate feudalism whereas a moderate policy would just take ages for this to happen , so |
| 4 | Two Irish goals would bring up the century in Charlton 's seven-year reign , during which he has lost only nine of 69 full internationals . |
| 5 | The wind would howl up the close entrances and whistle up the stairs . |
| 6 | As one senior chartered accountant pointed out , the faculty would open up the whole system , raise the technical standard of auditing , and provide a centre of excellence to help people improve their skills . |
| 7 | The pact would speed up the privatisation of 4,000 medium-sized and small state enterprises by giving workers a greater say in running them . |
| 8 | Er they say that 's where most of it went on er they would go into the pub and the riveter would tally up the the sheet for the week and say well okay , that 's , you know , the holder-on gets so much and the rivet boy gets so much , and the riveter got so much , and what have you . |
| 9 | Thus ‘ speculators ’ would buy undervalued currencies and sell overvalued ones , and in so doing would speed up the adjustment process . |
| 10 | ‘ Silver would put up the pirate 's flag , the Jolly Roger , ’ said Ben . |
| 11 | With November came the herring season and the boats would sail up the coast to Torbay , then back around Bigbury Bay and Plymouth , although a few boats continued to fish for pilchards from Looe throughout the Winter . |
| 12 | The girl in the chemist 's shop said the chemist would make up the prescription the minute he got back from the bank . |
| 13 | Such was the popularity of film and such was the reforming zeal of that first decade or so of the twentieth century that there must have been every possibility that other agencies would take up the chance of producing , distributing , and exhibiting films in their own halls . |
| 14 | NSA would pick up the call with their satellites ; the British GCHQ would get it ; so would the Russians … |
| 15 | The stories of the Last Days , when the Summoner would open up the Dark Reaches of the Spirit Lands and call down the worst of the manitous to lay waste the worlds of the white man and the red . |
| 16 | ‘ Every room here has been booked since a year ago , and I was dearly hoping Donna would screw up the nerve to send her packing , but Mrs Foster happened by , and Matthew 's fiancée recognised her . |
| 17 | Oh yes yeah the skippers , the skippers would go up the town cos every time a ship used to come in they got , they got to take the their papers up to the agent , what the papers were I do n't really know might be a manifest or something like that , what they used to do I mean then you had erm and you had different agents now there 's more agents than ever now . |
| 18 | After a further series of internal meetings taking several days , they eventually agreed to pay half the sum , provided another organisation would put up the other half . |
| 19 | After winning the AAA multi-events championship at the Don Valley Stadium two weeks previously , the Border Harrier had hoped that a short rest would clear up the trouble . |
| 20 | The woman would pull up the sheet to her neck . |
| 21 | They had pointed out that a road in this area would open up the rainforest to clearance by settlers , with the consequent loss of habitat for gorillas , elephants and other threatened animal species , and the disruption of the livelihoods of traditional tribal peoples in the area . |
| 22 | Mr Mallard said he hoped their claim would open up the matter once more . |
| 23 | Many people would take up the opportunity to train in a completely new craft . |
| 24 | And for those who were n't … well , no doubt Luke Hunter would turn up the charm and devise some plausible enough explanation . |
| 25 | Perhaps I might see in the rising of that sun some icon quintessentially Pacific , or think some thought which in a flash would sum up the essential message of the great Ocean . |
| 26 | Marc would lap up the opportunity to use it against her . |
| 27 | Me an ’ Gerry 'd build up the kitchen fire and we 'd sit there and talk about what we 'd do if we won the Irish Sweepstake . |
| 28 | This was taken to mean that the Government would tear up the whole treaty rather than accept the social chapter . |
| 29 | The Right to Know Bill would open up the files of government and official bodies . |
| 30 | ( 4 ) The Less Formal Township Establishment Bill would speed up the creation and approval of new settlements , mainly squatter camps and shanties , ensuring minimum facilities . |