Example sentences of "could [pers pn] [verb] up " in BNC.
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1 | Could I give up , here ? |
2 | How could I pass up a chance of hiring the most beautiful bargee in the solar system ? ’ |
3 | How could I live up to them when I got home ? |
4 | ‘ He rang me up and said he was feeling lousy and could I look up his chart . |
5 | ‘ There was a time recently when a friend of mine said she was in love and could I look up the man in question 's chart and tell her the truth ? |
6 | Could you give up these advantages , or achieve them in more direct and positive ways ? |
7 | Oh dear , Mrs could you stand up you 're gon na be bears Mrs OK , and you 're gon na climb over the mountain , well not all of them , are you ready |
8 | Here you are could you make up your er put test put instructions read the passage carefully and answer the questions . |
9 | could you wind up please ? |
10 | , could you wind up please ? |
11 | Frank , could you wind up please . |
12 | Could you wind up now please . |
13 | Mick could you wind up please |
14 | Excuse me could you speak up just a little bit ? |
15 | Could , sorry , could you speak up please ? |
16 | ‘ Or , could you go up to Leo 's room and — well , wait there ? ’ he said in a rush . |
17 | So could you take up my idea , and make Guitarist unbeatable — PLEASE . |
18 | " Hazel , " said Fiver , " could you come up on the bank with me for a few moments ? |
19 | We 've got so many people could you come up here and do |
20 | No , I mean — could you come up here ? |
21 | He says to me , could you shut up know what I mean ? |
22 | Well , if you 're going could you pick up my white jacket at the same time … |
23 | Mr before you that one was a question that but could you pick up the questions which Mr raised . |
24 | Erm , could you pick up a pint of milk at the Seven Eleven for us , hang on , I 'll give you some money . |
25 | So could you phone up er your office because I cleared the fact that we can pay with this card cos I thought you might look at this and say well look it 's expired . |
26 | So when you say yes you 're here could you call up with the name of your tutor so I can the tutor down so I |
27 | ‘ Boy , could you liven up my bird-watching expeditions ! |
28 | How long could she keep up the pretence of being a competent sailor ? |
29 | Could we could we set up a a a conversation on that on that subject because we might |
30 | ‘ Could we end up with the beetles — in their two-dimensional universe ? ’ |