Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] up the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Three or four goes should make up the mind for her , ’ said Raimundo evilly , as Perdita picked herself up off the dusty ground . |
| 2 | It did , however , recommend the immediate closure of the two oldest of Sosnovy-Bor 's four reactors , and suggested that nearby Western states should make up the energy shortfall to enable this to take place . |
| 3 | ‘ Right then , I 've called out enough instructions , now I 'll point to one of you and you must make up the instruction to be obeyed in just the same way as I have been doing . |
| 4 | It 's perhaps fitting that the Services and Communication Department should bring up the rear in this group of presentations , because one of its key priorities is to provide a coherent professional support service to the organisation as a whole . |
| 5 | Most important of all , the cultural prohibitions on his genital urge are now fully enforced and he must give up the freedom of infantile sexual gratification for the responsibilities of adult life ; in short , he must obey the taboos against incest embodied in the elaborate kinship systems of the Australian aborigines and observe those against parricide enshrined in the totemic religion . |
| 6 | And people who strangle their infants , thus causing their admissions , must give up the practice thereafter . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | But , then , we should give up the concept of " identical meanings " and accept that there can be only relative similarities of use , and hence only approximate , pragmatically testable , substitutability of certain expressions within similar contexts . |
| 9 | When he was approached to run British Aerospace the government insisted he should give up the directorship of W$G , but Pearce , displaying his usual resolve , would n't hear of it . |
| 10 | However frustrating , Labour leaders must keep up the attack to put Britain back to work . |
| 11 | We must keep up the pressure on the lairds , the stream of meetings , so that we are all welded together , we feel our accumulated powers , day in day out . |
| 12 | Mr Baker must keep up the peacemaking . |
| 13 | Must keep up the family tradition you know . |
| 14 | The plaintiff 's solicitor should draw up the schedule in four columns , for item number , description , amount claimed and the fourth , blank , for the defendant 's comments . |
| 15 | City must stump up the cash and planned to watch Viscaal yesterday against Mechelin . |
| 16 | Higher rate taxpayers must top up the tax to 40 per cent . |
| 17 | He convinced himself that speaking Italian to Franco presented a good opportunity to learn and therefore he should take up the challenge . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | But when he presented the bill to Hurley for reimbursement , Hurley refused to pay , insisting the DEA field office in Los Angeles should pick up the tab . |
| 20 | It is the local authorities that must pick up the bill for those problems . |
| 21 | In each case , the wizard must pick up the book and caress it for a minimum of 1 hour . |
| 22 | Normally , developers paying a barrister to represent them at an inquiry must pick up the tab . |
| 23 | I must fill up the list though because there 's a lot of things coming up . |
| 24 | I do not say that we should pull up the anchor and take the United Kingdom somewhere else . |
| 25 | He wrote to McKenna , concerned about the continued obstruction and urging that the Home Office should speed up the bill 's progress . |
| 26 | With its enhanced ability , the computer should speed up the operation of British Robotic Systems 's main product , the Viking vision unit . |
| 27 | The Indian government has been strongly criticized for its slow response , but a bill has now been introduced in parliament which should speed up the processing of claims . |
| 28 | TESTS MAY CLEAR UP THE MYSTERY |
| 29 | Try to neutralise these tendencies by taking heed of your owner 's complaints , or you may finish up the underdog . |
| 30 | You might build up the fire a little . ’ |