Example sentences of "[vb pp] up [prep] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 've come up with a few names . |
| 2 | In Britain , those from the late Fifties and Sixties fetch about Pounds 1 , while pre-war badges can usually be picked up for a few pounds . |
| 3 | That sort of partnership can not be built up over a few years , it has to be through a long term commitment by both parties . ’ |
| 4 | An integrated circuit can be made up of a few capacitors , diodes , resistors and transistors or even thousands of them . |
| 5 | Even that will be used up within a few months , when further recourse to the IMF will be inescapable . |
| 6 | A small budget might be swallowed up with a few very expensive cases . |
| 7 | Centres for teaching English as a second language ( CE2L ) are separate schools that have been set up by a few LEAs . |
| 8 | According to Grosskurth ( 1984 ) , some innovative schemes along these lines have already been set up by a few progressive British local authorities , but it seems that they are as yet rare , and reach only a minority of the people in need . |
| 9 | The barges , designed to be sailed by one man and a boy , could be laid up in a few days . |
| 10 | From a conservationist viewpoint , Hong Kong 's problem can be summed up in a few words : too many people . |
| 11 | we notice the joints of beef in Tesco gone up by a few quid |
| 12 | gone up by a few quid from six pound odd to eight pound odd |
| 13 | Either way , a whole house-shell could be put up in a few hours by a few successive foam-formings of the main walls and pillars . |
| 14 | Lothar replied that he simply had a skin complaint that could be cleared up in a few days . |
| 15 | Then the funeral was held up for a few days , and we soon realised that the effect was indeed cosmetic and nothing more . |