Example sentences of "[noun prp] [modal v] [verb] up [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Baker must keep up the peacemaking . |
| 2 | But Scott could stir up a lot of trouble before next May . |
| 3 | At the rate things were going Meredith could swallow up the budget for the entire year before the season was a quarter way through . |
| 4 | Cost £1.00 per person , Crosslink will make up the difference . |
| 5 | Roberts will fix up a room for you . |
| 6 | There is still a way out of this economic mess , if Mr Gorbachev can summon up the courage to take it . |
| 7 | However , Wanderers are true amateurs on the field and will no doubt battle until they give up , so let's hope Athletico can keep up the good work and send them home with three lost points and the Samaritans ’ telephone number . |
| 8 | The FLA should draw up a development plan with every Football League club to bring its ground up to scratch over an agreed time period . |
| 9 | And , initiative succeeding , brighter futures for 15 million people in the North of England could light up a new way to many more . |
| 10 | Maybe one day , Boardwalk would pick up a bad race — like the John Sturgeon Selling Plate at Kempton . |
| 11 | For example , an increase in the demand for the services of carpenters in Scotland will drive up the wages of Scottish carpenters . |
| 12 | At this rate poor Ollie will end up a Mr Mopp . |
| 13 | This tidal wave is a product of the combined efforts of the jostling of the crustal plates and the behaviour of the deep Ocean through which the resulting shock waves are transmitted : a small nudge in southern Chile can set up a wave that streaks across the entire Pacific in a matter of hours , with unimaginably enormous force . |
| 14 | Liberal Democrat Peter Bergg could pick up a significant number of protest votes which will boost his party 's previous showing . |
| 15 | I 've a feeling one of the lads from Portsmouth or Sunderland could end up a national hero . |
| 16 | Poverty rather than indifference is the reason for Moscow 's inaction , it seems : it was Mikhail Gorbachev who in his autumn 1988 UN speech in New York proposed that the UN should set up an emergency centre for the environment . |
| 17 | Today 's only surviving meeting presents few opportunities , but the Chris Nash-trained Jokester should brighten up a damp afternoon with victory in the Ruddington Handicap Hurdle ( 3.35 ) . |
| 18 | After winning the top-heat level breaks for the last two Saturdays , Batley Ranger could notch up a hat-trick in Saturday 's event , which is sponsored by DLS engineering . |
| 19 | ‘ Silver would put up the pirate 's flag , the Jolly Roger , ’ said Ben . |
| 20 | Erm well certainly Tom would come up every every week , tell us what had happened , if anything . |
| 21 | On Friday , Mrs Grant will pick up the 1989 Captain of Industry award from the Livingstone Industrial and Commercial Association . |
| 22 | Egypt had already secretly proposed that Israel should set up a Palestine Liberation Committee to pursue a solution to the refugee problem in the form of a small Palestinian state in the Arab-held parts of Palestine . |
| 23 | It should not be assumed that there will never be circumstances when , notwithstanding the new CGT rules , someone domiciled and resident in the UK should set up an offshore trust . |
| 24 | The town 's traders agreed to move their stalls off the High Street , and the mayor agreed to give up his parking space , so the BBC could set up an exhibition marquee . |
| 25 | Another aspect of the proposal was that Glaxo would set up a research centre and co-market Imigran with a French company . |
| 26 | NSA would pick up the call with their satellites ; the British GCHQ would get it ; so would the Russians … |
| 27 | They had decided , the previous evening , after Cain and Abel and How the Camel Got his Hump , that every day Willie would get up a little earlier than usual to practise writing and reading before leaving for school . |
| 28 | Vice-president , international operations Terry Booth will head up the operation . |
| 29 | After 35 years as president of the company he founded back in 1957 , Ken Olsen will give up the reins at Digital Equipment Corp this October , aged 66 . |
| 30 | As White and John Parrott , who currently occupies third spot , both failed to survive the qualifying rounds in Blackpool last September , Hendry will open up a sizeable lead in the standings if he were to capture the European title for the first time . |