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Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [verb] up the " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	I could make up the detections that his presence lost me in a matter of days , and if he thinks he is going to see any wheeling and dealing when he is sitting in , well he 's naive !
2	Speaking more generally , I suppose that I could sum up the Prime Minister 's speech — without rancour — as timid , devoid of national purpose and lacking in inspiration .
3	Supposing I could call up the eagles ?
4	I could buy up the whole block .
5	I know of only one or two couples who have managed to stay together when one partner has been unfaithful and I wish I could pluck up the courage to ask them how they 've done it .
6	It would keep me going for the afternoon , until I could heat up the rest of the chicken for supper .
7	Okay , or for instance erm I could write up the theory , excuse me , I could write up the proof of the infinity of primes for a variety of reasons .
8	Okay , or for instance erm I could write up the theory , excuse me , I could write up the proof of the infinity of primes for a variety of reasons .
9	She 'd never retire ; but she could fix up the house , put in some extra loos and bathrooms , have the kitchen completely refitted — get her business on a sound footing for the first time in her life .
10	Clean and well organised , she could conjure up the best with the poorest ingredients .
11	If she put it all in one account she could step up the return on her £20,000 to 6.45 per cent or £1,290 after tax .
12	She would in a moment , when she could summon up the energy .
13	Alternatively , you could step up the exotic look and imitate the Maquis .
14	You could travel up the Blue Nile
15	Anyway , you could scratch up the rifling with a file and steel wool so that it would never give the same markings on a bullet again . ’
16	So the very fact that the offspring are more mature , would reduce conflict , because the degree of value of the sources is going to be much greater , in other words , you could give up the sweet .
17	Presumably all this applies equally well to , to shops because I suppose you could link up the cash registers to some sort of stock control , so that you could almost keep a running total of what you , you have in stock as you erm punch the appropriate numbers up on the , on the till ?
18	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 .
19	At Morrison & Gibb , according to one survivor , the girls went up to a special room to learn all the types , and another former Morrison & Gibb " learner " remembered that " you were given a card with the lay of the case " and just had to get on with it , practising until you could pick up the type correctly .
20	If the Prime Minister is walking in his garden on a summer 's morning you could push up the rickety sash — like this — and call down to him .
21	If you 've got a minute you could fill up the coffee machine again , and I 'll have a word with Jerry when I get back down . ’
22	So what they did eventually , they put sort of call boxes occasionally , in different parts of the borough so during the night you could ring up the station .
23	You could ring up the station .
24	‘ I believe we could build up the parliamentary group to more than 100 members . ’
25	And perhaps we could open up the pest house
26	I went with the boss to do it so that we could follow up the practice of the theory you see .
27	We could turn up the movie but it does n't help .
28	We could pick up the World Service , Voice of America ( VOA ) and a number of local stations which broadcast in English and French .
29	If only they could conjour up the magic of their last meeting against Milwall last season … three nil the score then .
30	Inside , the surgeons , surrounded by dustbins filled with lopped-off limbs , did the best they could to patch up the ghastly wounds caused by the huge shell splinters .