Example sentences of "has [verb] up a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | The parade converges on Place St Maur des Fosses to hear a few words from the local Euro-MP , because the EC has stumped up a bit of money to make it a European clowns ' convention this year . |
| 2 | The wind has picked up a bit , and there is a light snow falling . |
| 3 | ( It has gone up a bit since then , but not back to the post-1945 level . ) |
| 4 | Finally Northern Ireland shows that there has been decline in output over the preceding four months and the only region t t to say that erm it 's fair to say that North Northern Ireland has been a weak region throughout er the recession erm and although in this survey optimism has climbed up a bit so it 's close to the U K average , it 's nevertheless a part of the U K which has really been behaving er rather differently from the rest of the economy reflecting its sort of , i its particular problems and the fact that it 's not part of the mainland economy . |
| 5 | Even if the work has piled up a bit , you would n't really want to chicken out , would you ? |
| 6 | Life has perked up a bit since The Grange was sold and we moved to Brighton . |