Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pers pn] [verb] up [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The groups discussed my problems and in the empowering atmosphere it came as quite natural that someone should suggest I start up my own campaign . |
| 2 | You could ask your children what they think — that might help you make up your mind . |
| 3 | Tension choked them : they could feel it rising up their throats , threatening to swamp their brains . |
| 4 | " I used to think he gave up his life for Ireland because he wanted a free country … " |
| 5 | ‘ I tend to keep quiet about it — otherwise most of the women I know would want me to draw up their horoscope ! |
| 6 | The mathematics were simple : £10,000 would enable them to fatten up their piglets , sell them off in the autumn , clear their overdraft and continue preserving all the surviving Old Spot bloodlines . |
| 7 | Coe tells me that he was attracted to writing some kind of thriller because it would help him tighten up his plotting , but he still has some way to go ; the book 's resolution is simply too arbitrary and fanatical . |
| 8 | They will expect you to bottle up your inner uncertainty , whatever it is about . |
| 9 | Who will let you build up your own stake in Britain 's success — and pass it on to your children ? |
| 10 | Not all teachers are closet radicals , though , waiting for the moment when the unbolting of the examination doors will allow them to open up their pedagogical style . |
| 11 | The army believes the new traning centre will help them step up their fight against terrorism . |