Example sentences of "up a few [noun] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 As the current Gogarth guidebook heads towards halfway in its lifespan and a reasonable number of new routes are being climbed , I have rounded up a few corrections and other snippets that are applicable to the existing routes .
2 However , the job had to be done , and our training asserting itself , we began to pic up a few bits and pieces .
3 Rushie picked up a few lira and an Armani suit but it 's probably fair to say our golden boy from St Asaph did n't exactly win the freedom of Turin .
4 I woke up a few times and got Mum out of bed all bleary-eyed and irritable in her nightie telling her a bogey-man was after me .
5 Cardiff foreshore turned up a few conger and codling .
6 Niki eats up a few places and then finds himself at the back of a bunch of five cars behind Prost , who is running second .
7 Is it enough to assume you are comparatively fit because you walk up a few stairs or stretch and bend a little as you go about your household chores ?
8 The Americans led 54–41 at half-time and it always seemed they could step up a few gears when required .
9 why do n't you wait and see what the numbers are like and then you can always ring up a few people and say we 've got a space if you 'd like to come
10 We went up a few steps and into a small majlis which was nearly choked by deep couches pushed against its walls .
11 Just put up a few pictures and so on .
12 Soon she would herself be in the market for a new home , and , though she and Boyd could not hope to outdo a contractor like the Mayor building for himself , she could pick up a few ideas and have them incorporated into their new house in Vanier Heights .
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