Example sentences of "[verb] up [adv] [art] few " in BNC.

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1 After it had crossed the Torrente Taro the tram had a dead straight journey for the rest of the way , stopping at three more places and picking up just a few more passengers , none of whom were regulars .
2 Erm I think you know there how to pick up quite a few
3 He says Tory hardman Norman Tebbit was ‘ roughed up quite a few times ’ by Mrs Thatcher .
4 He stepped up just a few feet from the service line to receive Lendl 's second serve .
5 and I took up quite a few , thinned them out and my sister
6 So this On on these general points like this you could pick up quite a few marks , but a lot of the questions are not that technical erm and they 're stuff that you do know .
7 With your inbuilt tachometer you 've no doubt clocked up quite a few since Seville . ’
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