Example sentences of "[been] [adj] [verb] up a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Dutch might have been willing to see a world without territorial empire , if only it had been possible to keep up a trading system on that basis . |
| 2 | How could she tell him that Peter 's ‘ intervention ’ had only been supposed to take up a week of her time ? |
| 3 | He may have been reluctant to give up a conquest of his illustrious forbear , Julius Caesar . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been busy mopping up a crowd of drug smugglers . ’ |
| 5 | One reason is that owners are often stronger than intruders , which are animals too weak to have been able to set up a territory . |
| 6 | Well I hope you 've been able to pick up a bit of something but I 'm not very good at it myself cos old days and old times . |
| 7 | There were other reasons for insecurity , too : no matter how much material prosperity had come a family 's way , there was still every chance that illness or a premature death might send them all back down a snake at a much faster speed than they had been able to climb up a ladder . |
| 8 | He was a hard worker , but Jane marvelled at how he had been able to build up a business while remaining practically unintelligible . |
| 9 | In the weeks that had passed since she had met Rupert Stonebird at the vicarage her interest in him had deepened , mainly because she had not seen him again and had therefore been able to build up a more satisfactory picture of him than if she had been able to check with reality . |
| 10 | Detetives still have n't been able to build up a description of the attacker but they believe he may have worked with horses in the past . |
| 11 | Youth Club In the junior section there has been a steady attendance and it has been necessary to set up a waiting list . |
| 12 | Youth Club In the junior section there has been a steady attendance and it has been necessary to set up a waiting list . |
| 13 | Manchester United have been ready to set up a £3m deal for Pearce with former Forest mid-field star Neil Webb returning to the City Ground . |