Example sentences of "had [to-vb] up a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This morning I had to connect up a video for Caroline to use and all the leads , every single lead we 've got , to connect any machine to any machine , were all bundled in like a load missing , and it took me what , five minutes to find the right leads and connect the machines up . |
| 2 | First , we had to set up a structure so we could record all the non-conformances and make sure corrective action was taken . |
| 3 | I was clumsy and had to pick up a couple of notes from the floor and wipe the bags where I 'd touched them with a handkerchief . |
| 4 | So the first man in the smithy in the morning had to pick up a hammer and strike the anvil three times — just to let the old man know we were on the job . |
| 5 | Then everybody wanted it and she had to give up a bit of buttermaking she also did to cope with the demand . |
| 6 | Nathan boomed and brayed so enthusiastically that his mother had to mop up a dribble of saliva that trickled out of the corner of his mouth . |
| 7 | She had ladders and broomsticks and poles for the broomsticks and had to climb up a ladder to the top of the roof to get the cobwebs and everything down . |
| 8 | For the last , steepest section we all had to climb up a couloir on foot . |
| 9 | Stupid it was , saying you had to heat up a thing out of a lawnmower . |
| 10 | Well with the others , it used to have to brake , if it were going too fast , you had to brake up a bit . |
| 11 | Clarissa had to summon up a lot of courage , but she rang Charity 's door bell . |