Example sentences of "they [modal v] [verb] up a " in BNC.
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1 | Once The Stage covered all finals productions from the drama schools , but now they may write up a play perhaps once a year . |
2 | You know they 'll set up a search as soon as we 're reported missing . |
3 | I think it 's a stigma that a lot of men feel they ca n't show that they 're depressed or they 've got a problem so they 'll pick up a ph , a phone . |
4 | The Americans led 54–41 at half-time and it always seemed they could step up a few gears when required . |
5 | I know they were collecting recordings of all the national songs , so they could set up a Ratio Free Norway or Denmark or Italy somewhere , after … ’ |
6 | I 've also had a query from a Sheffield Wednesday fan asking if they could set up a list here too ( the answer was no ! ) |
7 | ‘ If the middle tier marketed themselves better , they could pick up a lot of business . ’ |
8 | And it was interesting because er , we were talking about propulsion , talking about all types of er mechanics and sciences , and the way they 'd write up a report at the end which is part of the English part of it , and one of the youngsters said to me , he said , can I go home Mr ? |
9 | Ramsay , who found himself at the head of nearly a thousand men of Lothian , largely Lindsays — whose chief , Sir David , Keeper of Edinburgh Castle , was sick and so not present — Setons , Hepburns , Sinclairs , Keiths and other lesser clans , as well as his own men , offered to ride fast for the Borderland , to join Scott of Rankilburn whom Douglas had alerted to watch Dunbar ; together they would make up a force large enough to give that Earl pause . |
10 | They would draw up a ‘ batting order ’ downstairs then go up to her bedroom one at a time for sex . |
11 | He expressed his hope that they would set up a national assembly and leadership council in exile to focus efforts around a single opposition leadership . |
12 | For a suggested minimum of £35 to Will Aid , they will draw up a simple will — or a pair of similar wills for couples , for £50 . |
13 | So far , the Ramsdens have sent out 30 winners this season and they are hoping that they can snap up a tasty hors-d'oeuvre before the Newmarket feast by saddling their first winner at Ascot this afternoon when they run Line Of Vision and Hunter Valley . |
14 | ‘ The days must go when they can wake up a judge at dead of night , give him a drop of brandy , show him a headline from The Sun and get him to sign an injunction , ’ Mr Todd said . |
15 | THE days must go when they can wake up a judge at dead of night , give him a drop of brandy , show him a headline in The Sun , and get him to sign an injunction . |
16 | ‘ George Graham says they can go up a few gears for the replay , but we 'll wait and see . |
17 | ‘ If they think they can set up a squad at three months ’ notice , they 're sadly mistaken . |
18 | ‘ You know what I think about this ‘ protected species ’ business , ’ he said , reshuffling the logs , ‘ I think they 're protecting all the game for themselves so they can set up a hunter 's paradise for the rich — for foreigners and high-ranking government officials . |
19 | They they can set up a pension er |
20 | This year it includes a series of extravaganzas in sports centres at Omagh , Craigavon , Lisburn and Ballymena and the distribution of a booklet telling children how they can take up a sport . |