Example sentences of "you [modal v] [verb] up a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Perhaps you ought to make up a party with your parents , ’ Isobel said dutifully . |
| 2 | You must build up a small library of your own : one or two books will not be enough ; you should , ideally , have at least two on each topic . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's just you should speak up a bit more . ’ |
| 4 | You should open up a bit more , share your problems . |
| 5 | Once you have decided on the questions you want to ask , you should draw up a chart like A on which you can record customer 's responses quickly , simply by ticking or filling in the appropriate column . |
| 6 | Using a wedding bouquet as an example , and assuming that you are either attending the function or collecting the bouquet afterwards , you should make up a simple box , such as the one shown in the photograph . |
| 7 | You should pick up a chair and throw it at me but |
| 8 | He took it — rather as you might pick up a worm in the garden — and popped it gingerly in his mouth . |
| 9 | But you might pick up a thing or two just by looking . |
| 10 | Er , Erm , another thing you might do , you might take up a hobby that you 've got to think about . |
| 11 | IN Tetris on the NES , if you keep select held down during play , you 'll knock up a high score of 10,000 points every time a block lands . |
| 12 | Right One of the things that er we try to pass on is that you 'll pick up a lot of information which may not be relevant to you but may be relevant to members of your family or friends . |
| 13 | And , they may have one display displayed , but if you go to somewhere like a warehouse or distribution where you go round and pick up your you can go to a garden you 'll pick up a box that 's illustrating a Flymo lawn mower or something and , and it 'll , er they spend a lot of time and money on the packaging , but , a lot of people for pilferage reasons do n't illustrate and that 's good practise not to illustrate , from our point of view , what 's on the package . |
| 14 | You could draw up a checklist of topics which are of current concern to your students to help you select suitable items from news programmes . |
| 15 | For example , to increase working and manoeuvring space in an existing work triangle you could set up a second food preparation or cooking area with perhaps a microwave oven outside your main work area . |
| 16 | 4 If you could strike up a mutually trusting relationship with one of the following wild animals , which one would you choose ? |
| 17 | So , for a few pounds a month now , you could build up a very welcome nest-egg for yourself and provide financial protection for your family at the same time . |
| 18 | You could make up a whole story . |
| 19 | Ever wish you could make up a degree course to suit your own needs ? |
| 20 | If you could make up a sentence with those . |
| 21 | ‘ If you could dig up a back copy — he gave the date , nine years before ; ‘ — If the worst comes to the worst , just lift one from the Liaison Officer 's back room . ’ |
| 22 | Perhaps you could lighten up a little bit . ’ |
| 23 | You could pick up a seat by knowing the right people , having gone to the right school or being thought to be worth a few thousand — almost the first question put to the prospective MP for Richmond , Sir George Harvie-Watt , when he went up before the local selection committee in 1937 was whether he would subscribe £700 to the local association . |
| 24 | Alternatively you could pick up a pinstripe suit from tried and trusted Marks & Spencer . |
| 25 | The shares are now just 2.5p , so you could pick up a massive 4,000 shares for £100 before brokers fees . |
| 26 | Now , if like me you 've yet to attempt this big production number you could pick up a few tips here , after all , we 've a number of professionals in this hundred , hoteliers , dressmakers , cake makers , photographers , and video makers , registrars , ministers , but above all , we have a lot ex-brides here , and let's start off by finding how many we have . |
| 27 | If you stand here it might look beautiful , but if you pick up each one individually you 'll see weeds germinating , brittle bits and you could pick up a disease in the early stages which you just would n't see otherwise . |
| 28 | But the yard one of the yard inspectors came to me and said , I wonder if you would make up a roster for the supervisors . |
| 29 | If you scatter seed on the ground you will build up a substantial clientele of birds such as chaffinches which do not readily come to hanging food and birdtables . |
| 30 | See if you can conjure up a picture of you being successful — what were the events , what were your thoughts and feelings , and what were you doing at the time ? |