Example sentences of "[modal v] [pers pn] [verb] up [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should I give up the unequal struggle and wait until I reached the age of 16 ? |
| 2 | and the other is , why should I clear up the mess that this guy 's made . |
| 3 | Should she pick up the baby whenever it cries or leave it until it settles of its own accord ? |
| 4 | But why , policyholders may well ask , should they give up a 40 per cent stake in the business ? |
| 5 | Should he lock up the house ? |
| 6 | How could I pass up a chance of hiring the most beautiful bargee in the solar system ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ There was a time recently when a friend of mine said she was in love and could I look up the man in question 's chart and tell her the truth ? |
| 8 | Erm , could you pick up a pint of milk at the Seven Eleven for us , hang on , I 'll give you some money . |
| 9 | Mr before you that one was a question that but could you pick up the questions which Mr raised . |
| 10 | How long could she keep up the pretence of being a competent sailor ? |
| 11 | Could we could we set up a a a conversation on that on that subject because we might |
| 12 | could they draw up a contract , saying that they would share ? |
| 13 | Ought we to put up an exhibition in the local library , or outside the CEO 's office ? ’ |
| 14 | Shall I turn up the light ? " |
| 15 | Trouble was , if she appeared downstairs too soon it would look as if she was cadging a lift , and if she arrived too late they would have gone without her — and then how would she summon up the courage to go at all ? |
| 16 | Would you open up the rail gate ? ’ |
| 17 | Here is a test : if you were in Warsaw , faced with an hour to fill before catching a train , would you go up the tallest building in the city to experience a panoramic view , or rush to the bookstore/poster shop in order to buy a massive Telly Savalas poster ? |
| 18 | So how would you sum up a function ? |
| 19 | And how would you sum up a mapping ? |
| 20 | ‘ I 'd been getting records on tick from Billy for ages , ’ explains Havanna 's Tony Scott , ‘ so I said to him ‘ If I make up a record , would you square up the bill ? ’ |
| 21 | He wrote ‘ Jo honey , will you pick up the goddam phone ? |
| 22 | Will you come up the bedroom ? |
| 23 | But will they tidy up the roads where they have not actually been working , and where their vehicles have caused ‘ disruption ’ ? |
| 24 | Will he beef up the public consultation procedures which his Department are currently casting aside like autumn leaves shrivelling on the ground , or do we have to wait for a Labour Government in the full flush of a green spring and summer to bring sense back into our planning system ? |
| 25 | I 'm over 40 , so how can I firm up a sagging bustline ? |
| 26 | ‘ Please can you send up a bottle of Jim Beam , two glasses , a plate of steak sandwiches … ’ |
| 27 | I do n't know really , just a minute , let me open it , I ca n't get the top of that one , hang on here are , come on Stacey get on with it can you move up a bit ? |
| 28 | Can you speak up a bit . |
| 29 | Can you speak up a bit please ? |
| 30 | Or is it gon na be turning into something that looks like analysis of oh right so it 's like listen to yep fair enough listen to er a joke and er well I 'll tell you what , can you speak up a bit so we can actually get the conversation on here because the I 'm sure the British National Corpus would be interested . |