Example sentences of "[verb] up [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 31 | Welcome back : Coming up in a few minutes , the wallaby farmer who 's got something of a baby boom on his hands . |
| 32 | Welcome back : Coming up in a few minutes . |
| 33 | Centres for teaching English as a second language ( CE2L ) are separate schools that have been set up by a few LEAs . |
| 34 | According to Grosskurth ( 1984 ) , some innovative schemes along these lines have already been set up by a few progressive British local authorities , but it seems that they are as yet rare , and reach only a minority of the people in need . |
| 35 | The barges , designed to be sailed by one man and a boy , could be laid up in a few days . |
| 36 | From a conservationist viewpoint , Hong Kong 's problem can be summed up in a few words : too many people . |
| 37 | Luckily I managed to warm up on a few business trips ! |
| 38 | Lesley-Jane will be fine if she just rests up for a few days . |
| 39 | It broke up within a few years of Anselm 's death under the impact of forces which were too strong for it . |
| 40 | A second night jar started up at a few yards distant . |
| 41 | Our takings went up by a few shillings each week and pretty soon we had to expand and move the kitchens upstairs , where Malc 's Mom made our famous home-made pies ' . |
| 42 | At the 13th , Woosnam was heckled and a cheer went up from a few spectators as he put his drive into the creek . |
| 43 | Do not stand up for a few moments . |
| 44 | But I could go up in a few weeks . |
| 45 | we notice the joints of beef in Tesco gone up by a few quid |
| 46 | gone up by a few quid from six pound odd to eight pound odd |
| 47 | He found it incredibly rewarding and had a couple of momentous experiences of such excitement that he tried to recreate the excitement instead of going back to what caused it ( the old Orgasmic-Goal orientation — see Dr Ruth , pages 12 to 461 ) , so he gave up for a few years . |
| 48 | I made a mental effort to visualise his new house , to create some mind picture , but gave up after a few seconds . |
| 49 | And like Kim 'll be the first one to say she gave up after a few months |
| 50 | a crazy pie in the sky idea dreamt up over a few beers finally became a reality today and a new world record . |
| 51 | The customer gives up after a few months waiting . |
| 52 | ‘ Oh , a grateful girl like me can put up with a few bruises , ’ said Dolly , sheet and blankets up to her chin . |
| 53 | ATP could always come up with a few money-spinners in its annual output , but the lavish location and studio work on Whom the Gods Love , Dean 's film on the life of Mozart , irritated board chairman Sir Stephen Courtauld , who began to argue that Dean was doing too much stage work , and had alienated George Formby . |
| 54 | I was now at a bit of a loss as to what to do next , so I wandered upstairs to the room that housed the books covering my subject , just to check up on a few things . |
| 55 | The rock is a unique form of conglomerate , so warming up on a few practice routes was needed to get a feel for it . |
| 56 | Either way , a whole house-shell could be put up in a few hours by a few successive foam-formings of the main walls and pillars . |
| 57 | ‘ Try a selection from the Desert Song , topped up with a few choruses of Cool clear Water , Midnight at the Oasis or Caravans which may convince your bird that it has come to wrong place . |
| 58 | Lothar replied that he simply had a skin complaint that could be cleared up in a few days . |
| 59 | We actually split up for a few days because his mother sent a Christmas card to him and not to me . |
| 60 | So we think of them as being descriptive , but in reality , if you 're going to say to somebody , you 're very responsible , they 're probably not going to know what you mean , unless you come up with a few examples of what you 're talking about , of how they 've demonstrated that type of behaviour . |