Example sentences of "they [modal v] [vb infin] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They must spring up the trees as the monkeys are driven into them and they are the ones that usually make the kill . |
| 2 | If you are n't find an old fashioned TV repair shop and ask them if they 'll make up the leads for you . |
| 3 | ‘ Liverpool are lucky enough to have the best fans in the world and I know they 'll turn up the volume and strike fear into Spartak . |
| 4 | If only she could read they might open up the world . |
| 5 | If only they could conjour up the magic of their last meeting against Milwall last season … three nil the score then . |
| 6 | they could lock up the landlords er and perhaps even banish them . |
| 7 | They could make up the England rugby pack . ’ |
| 8 | In fact , they could prop up the Conservative Government for a fifth term , if the need arises ! |
| 9 | The three found they could speed up the development of the 601 chip by combining work already under way at IBM with Motorola chip technology , and early next year , IBM , Apple and Motorola will announce the PowerOpen Association to rally support for the chip , which has so far won the backing only of Compagnie des Machines Bull SA and Thomson-CSF SA . |
| 10 | Oliver was trying to find out , in very slow English , when they could tidy up the flat and leave Antibes . |
| 11 | Windsfield straight into New Invention and every Wednesday night , first it was the cows that would come and then the sheep and they 'd got to walk to the abattoir at Bloxwich , and erm sometimes the cows were so heavy with milk that er a lot of people in New Invention had free milk and then if the , if the sheep would be here there and everywhere you know and then with mother living where there was an entry dividing four houses er and a well straight at the top , and a. a big old-fashioned er tap for the cold water , there were n't any taps laid in kitchen in er what are the outhouses it was a communal tap erm sometimes the sheep would get out of hand and they 'd run up the entry hall and all round mother 's yard and then the cows would go around , but er it , it to me I felt sorry about it , because especially in the summer er erm the poor things were so hot and to walk all those miles , now they 're carried are n't they and they used to every Wednesday every Wednesday of the year the drivers would er the men must have been absolutely tired out , well although they 'd be used to it would n't they , but it was miles to walk from Wolverhampton the cattle market to Blox straight to Bloxwich and er that was another event that erm it , we , it , we used to have . |
| 12 | They would wash up the same way even if they were not watched . |
| 13 | They also insisted that they would blow up the mines if Ceauşescu tried to force them back to work . |
| 14 | When lifted and placed against a transparent plastic sheet they would show up the tiniest particle . |
| 15 | They would set up the stage among buildings he felt he somehow knew . |
| 16 | They would trudge up the mine 's track before dawn , heads bowed before the onslaught of a sleet laden gale , fearful of being dashed into the chasm down which the Church Beck roared unseen . |
| 17 | And then — then they would take up the hoe and become farmers . |
| 18 | However they said they would continue insisting on an 8pm bedtime and they would keep up the bedtime stories . |
| 19 | His sentence was terminated when Sahara officials bailed him out and said they would pick up the tab for the room but he would have to pay for his food and drink himself . |
| 20 | But I do know they would weigh up the dangers and think about the very fact that they could fly . |
| 21 | They would lie up the following day along the rocky escarpment which ran parallel to the coastal plain to observe their targets , the airfields at Timimi and Gazala . |
| 22 | If they succeed , they will give up the last vestiges of the party state and refute the criticisms that they are only interested in the power and money accumulated by the Communists over the past 40 years , without accepting any blame for their actions . |
| 23 | ARSENAL 'S run to the top of the Premier League confirms my belief that they will wrap up the title for George Graham by Easter . |
| 24 | It is hoped they will stump up the money needed to take over 10,000 properties in an effort to revive the collapsing housing market . |
| 25 | Following a number of organised acid house parties around the slate embankments of Hodge Close , the land agents for landowner Lord Egremont have said they will blow up the caves . |
| 26 | When the Windsor herd arrives in late July they will make up the largest group of African elephants in the country . |
| 27 | Once that subject has been done to death I daresay they will bring up the subject of his large family . |
| 28 | No fish should be kept in this tank , as they will snap up the fragile-shelled baby snails . |
| 29 | According to Shaw : ‘ If we do what we say we are going to do for investors they will put up the money for T&L if it has a good acquisition opportunity . |
| 30 | But if there are only two , they will divide up the work of the third in overtime hours , but will they actually be present at work during that period ? ’ ( fieldnotes ) . |