Example sentences of "[to-vb] a [noun] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.

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1 to have a disco up a regular part of the pub .
2 ‘ Greed , cynicism , the rotters and the agents have spoiled it , ’ McIlvanney reflects bitterly , ‘ the rotters ’ being the trade term for journalists trained to sniff out sensation or scandal , or failing that , to drop a cheque down a hole and see who bites .
3 Such activities may spontaneously develop ideas of the degree of push needed to get a car up a slope with cries of , ‘ Push harder — that was too gentle ! ’
4 No it 's Tracy was telling David , and David said David was saying same thing , David wants to well like was saying this morning to Neil , we 'll have to get a meeting up a go .
5 And you probably would not choose to spend a fortnight up the Amazon with either .
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