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 | They 'll set up an emergency centre at the home of one of the islanders and have enlisted the support of one of the world 's most prominent sea mammal vets . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The Americans led 54–41 at half-time and it always seemed they could step up a few gears when required . |
| 6 | 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 … ’ |
| 7 | 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 ! ) |
| 8 | One veteran observer of the New York museum scene summarised the insular society 's predicament : ‘ During the 60s , 70s and 80s when all other institutions realised that there was no way that they could build up an endowment without catering to the masses and without appealing to the federal government , museums went with cap in hand ; they saw this was now the game . |
| 9 | ‘ If the middle tier marketed themselves better , they could pick up a lot of business . ’ |
| 10 | Because any If okay the odd couple of neutrons did get through , they 'd split up an atom , three more neutrons come out and they 're immediately absorbed by the control rods . |
| 11 | 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 ? |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | They would draw up a ‘ batting order ’ downstairs then go up to her bedroom one at a time for sex . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It 's more difficult to capture the interest of TV and radio but they will pick up an unusual event or a visit to the school by a celebrity . |
| 17 | Between them they will pick up an aggregate £1.9m to cover early termination of their service agreements . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ George Graham says they can go up a few gears for the replay , but we 'll wait and see . |
| 22 | ‘ If they think they can set up a squad at three months ’ notice , they 're sadly mistaken . |
| 23 | ‘ 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 . |
| 24 | They they can set up a pension er |
| 25 | 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 . |