Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] up the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe we should call up the McKeans to say we got back safely ; you can ask after Julie … ’ |
| 2 | How would Niger and Nigeria react to the plans of upstream nations for barrages and irrigation schemes which might dry up the Niger ? |
| 3 | If we are pretty sure that someone has had a heart attack though , we 'll whistle up the RAF helicopter to get the casualty straight to the hospital . |
| 4 | They could make up the England rugby pack . ’ |
| 5 | After much negotiation , the Welsh Wool Marketing Board agreed to a special arrangement whereby the Cambrian Mill could make up the Ashley 's own wool into cloth as long as this was not sold , but used only for demonstration models and pattern samples . |
| 6 | Alternatively , you could set up the WP3–7 to give two different volume levels , different sounds for slap and fingerstyle , different EQs for your fretted and fretless basses , or any other combination . |
| 7 | In each country , politics complicated development , but German interests finally obtained an east-west canal to link Berlin with the Ruhr and by 1905 ships of 2,000 tons could go up the Rhine as far as Mannheim , a very important change since the Ruhr by then needed more than German ore . |
| 8 | The warning by a deranged Muslim guerrilla that he would blow up the Visegrad hydroelectric dam unless Serb militiamen ceased their artillery attacks on Visegrad and Foca was not the only liquid that threatened to flood Bosnia-Hercegovina this week . |
| 9 | Since February , United Nations military and civilian personnel , who will make up the UNTAG ( United Nations Transitional Assistance Group ) peacekeeping forces , have been arriving in the country ready to monitor the ceasefire and elections . |
| 10 | With my colleague , the hon. Member for Glasgow , Govan ( Mr. Sillars ) , in mind , I say that such a process will break up the United Kingdom . |
| 11 | The process constitutes a national threat because it will break up the United Kingdom . |
| 12 | During the consultation process , we discovered considerable support for a general SVQ at level I. There is also a clear demand for awards at a preliminary level which will open up the SVQ and general SVQ frameworks to those for whom mainstream training is not appropriate , including those with special needs . |
| 13 | If I can keep up the Peter Sellers act long enough without dying of laughing , I might just get meself a few pints out of it . |
| 14 | A visit to Helmsley town and castle ( where walkers can take up the Cleveland Way long-distance footpath ) , with a stop-off at Rievaulx Abbey , makes for an enjoyable outing . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , on Saturday night , Lee here and a few of his mates can go up the Ilford Palais , right ? |
| 16 | His senior aides are convinced they can speed up the Maastricht ratification process to meet the new deadline . |