Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [verb] up a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think I may start up a course . |
| 2 | I 've got a tutorial shortly , and I ought to sober up a bit betweentimes . ’ |
| 3 | but I think that , that with what it is you know , but then I say she 's got that anyway , she 's not as , as tough as what she makes out , but er it would be worth having a look you never know what 's in there , and I say I must pick up a couple of paper towels |
| 4 | ‘ Sometimes , I might follow up a tape with a phone call . |
| 5 | For a moment I considered bolting , but I noticed that a young reptilian reception-clerk was watching me narrowly , as if he thought I might roll up a carpet and try to carry it out under my arm , and I became instantly obstreperous . |
| 6 | You have to say you ca n't do that I 'll make up a new game to play . |
| 7 | Erm I 'll make up a spreadsheet with twenty five or thirty blank columns , but with all the formulas in place |
| 8 | I 'll make up a bed in one of the other rooms tonight . |
| 9 | When you 're in bed I 'll bring up a hot drink . ’ |
| 10 | Put it back up and I 'll nail it up some time when I bring up erm , I 'll bring up a hammer |
| 11 | So same same as before , we 'll be coordinating it from forty five Broadway and we 'll erm be open house for for volunteers and I 'll draw up a rota . |
| 12 | like a fan secret planet Wonder if I 'll fill up a whole book , there 's no chance I will . |
| 13 | Ahm so I 'm going to see if I could set up a baby sitting circle or something like that . |
| 14 | Who did I think I was imagining glibly that I could bring up a child all by myself ? |
| 15 | Well , the thing is what 's happening , I thought we might spend some time on if wanted , what I wanted to do was to be sure in my own mind that by the second week I could put up a master sheet with all the headings of what you were doing , that 's got ta be done . |
| 16 | I could ring up a colleague in New York . ’ |
| 17 | I could work up a good froth and then make my entrance doing an impression of a rabid dog . |
| 18 | I could train up a successor , sir . ’ |
| 19 | When I regained consciousness it was to find that I 'd injured my spine and the doctor had ordered that I was to stay put , otherwise there was the possibility that I 'd end up a cripple . |
| 20 | ROBBIE Sometimes when I was washing the car , he had a great big Ford estate , I 'd pick up a piece of gravel and just scratch the paint a wee bit . |
| 21 | I would also actually suggest that again if you wanted to ease it a bit I 'd pick up a point also made just now er in that P P G refers to building and the E two refers to development . |
| 22 | I 'd line up a Brief if I were you . ’ |
| 23 | I recognised my own handwriting and the way I would scrunch up a calendar date before throwing it away . |
| 24 | I would put up a huge |
| 25 | I just kept working harder and harder as I did n't want to let anyone down and I did n't believe I would pick up a drink again . |
| 26 | I shall draw up a rota of ministers , each of whom is to be referred to in turn as ‘ the next leader of the Tory Party ’ , thus destroying their careers . |
| 27 | I shall draw up a timetable , hour by hour , and allowing for the fact that he must have slept , I expect to see the spaces filled in . |
| 28 | One of these days I shall start up a school like that . |
| 29 | I shall pick up a lot more in a minute . |
| 30 | However , if it really is I will take up a collection for the medical fees . |