Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [verb] up a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mind you , these birds are very quick and it might pick up a few words which could be useful . ’ |
| 2 | Think it 'll end up a bop ? |
| 3 | Discipline was important , indeed essential , because in the widest sense of the word , it could open up a more ordered world . |
| 4 | It could open up a whole new range of products , especially portable equipment . |
| 5 | That was your annual affair and the er the er the chapel itself was at the end of it used to put up a tiered platform if you can imagine it you know at the end of the little chapel and the erm the younger children was on the bottom and as you got older you graduated to the top and er I do n't know why it was though but er I always had to say the collection piece . |
| 6 | At best , or so it was thought , it would give the United Nations some muscle to stop governments doing terrible things to their peoples ; at worst it would serve up a forest of platitude . |
| 7 | It would set up a National Monuments Commission to care for ancient sites , institute small penalties for vandals who damaged them , and — most important — give the commission a right of purchase if the owner of a scheduled monument wanted to destroy it . |
| 8 | To deal with such difficulties and unnecessary travel of pieces of paper the Bank of England announced in November 1988 that it would set up a Central Money Markets Office ( CMO ) to develop a book entry transfer system to enable money market instrument paper to be ‘ immobilised ’ and eventually be ‘ dematerialised ’ . |
| 9 | Following the collapse of the talks , the federal government suggested that it would draw up a package of constitutional reforms to be presented to Quebec and the other provinces . |
| 10 | The mike concealed in the head of the figure is only medium-quality , technically speaking , but it would pick up a flea farting in a smallish room . |
| 11 | Earlier on this week all that cloud was coming in from the north-west , now you can see it coming across from the west and as the weekend goes along , it will come in more from the south-west , so it will warm up a little bit . |
| 12 | ‘ If the power of the atom is released ’ he had said , ‘ it will set up a chain reaction that will not stop until the end of the world . ’ |
| 13 | When a crack appears in a strained material it will open up a little so that the two faces of the crack are separated . |
| 14 | So when your neighbour can only manage to bake 32 fairy cakes at the same time you can serve up 50 , and it will gobble up a 31lb turkey with ease . |
| 15 | Even at its most basic it can break up a plain stocking stitch garment or it can be used as an all-over pattern there are numerous ways of arranging the cables to form different patterns . |
| 16 | So and it can break up a long session it can it can maintain interest . |
| 17 | If you are unable to leave your home , perhaps you could become a pen pal — it can open up a whole new world . |
| 18 | And its accurate mounting and sophisticated computer-control allow astronomers to scan the infrared detector along a source with such precision that it can build up a detailed infrared picture , line by line . |
| 19 | ‘ The problem is that once you make a mistake in deciding the child needs testing it can set up a chain of events that can lead to severe problems for the child , ’ he says . |