Example sentences of "could [adv] [vb infin] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er but again y'know I could in theory provide some handouts for you which you could perhaps pick up at the end of the er of the lecture from the front or even have available in a general office for you , okay ? |
| 2 | And when the ship was caught , and could not bear up into the wind , we let her drive . |
| 3 | They were tired and ill and they could not walk up to the plateau . |
| 4 | You could not hunch up into the tree , hugging closer to the trunk . |
| 5 | I ’ ) — could not live up to the high expectations created by German propaganda . |
| 6 | I could not keep up with the demands of trying to keep everyone happy , and in desperation to make sure I keep my looks , I gave up eating , ’ she is alleged to have said . |
| 7 | I was just beginning to get to grips with the Campaign for Ink Print Information , but Women 's Tapeover could not keep up with the steady stream of new feminist writing that was emerging week by week . |
| 8 | It could now be argued that , throughout the history of the earth , Nature had rewarded those who were able and energetic , and punished those who could not keep up with the race towards higher things . |
| 9 | It was he who had to listen to how the clients could never get through on the telephone , how they were chased by debt collectors even when they had paid , how they could not find up to the minute share prices , etc . |
| 10 | But the way he 's going he could just end up as the next Vinnie Jones . |
| 11 | Gone were the days when she could just get up in the morning , make coffee , leave a note for Mrs Bennett and go off to Brentwoods with , maybe , the anticipation of quite an exciting day . |
| 12 | But she , she could bleeding dress up to the nines . |
| 13 | A new building could also face up to the logistical problems presented by so much contemporary art : vast canvases , dispersed installations , massive weights ( the Serra sculptures currently on show required the floor to be shored up ) , and ultra-sensitive materials . |
| 14 | He was trying to undermine her self-confidence , make her believe she could n't stand up to the exigencies of canal life . |
| 15 | He could n't go on the corkscrew he could n't go up on the ship he could n't go on anything . |
| 16 | As they sped back towards Wimbledon , Robert wondered why he still could n't own up to the lie that had started all this . |
| 17 | Er Moderator er there is n't any reason in principle why this sh should n't happen that er this subject could n't come up at the presbytery clerks conference . |
| 18 | Pleat had the chance to follow the same path trod by Terry Venables at Tottenham but could n't come up with the necessary funds for a stake in the struggling First Division outfit . |
| 19 | Kohler said : ‘ I offered David the chance to come in with me in a partnership but unfortunately he could n't come up with the necessary amount . ’ |
| 20 | I only began to smell a rat when he could n't come up with the documents he claimed to have . |
| 21 | A MAJOR business safety conference is taking place in Spennymoor next month because Darlington could n't come up with the cash . |
| 22 | Er you know erm the letter , the reply went back from Dave saying that every you know , possible thing was done to get bilingual staff but at the end of the day you know they could n't come up with the goods . |
| 23 | And basically they managed to jump up on the bed unlike yesterday morning where pretended she could n't get up on the bed . |
| 24 | When that happened , we could n't keep up with the mortgage payments so we lost the house . ’ |
| 25 | The house where they were living has been re-possessed because the owner could n't keep up with the mortgage payments . |
| 26 | As the Ice Age stabilised , the run-off of nitrogen-rich sediments would decline , the marine organisms would fare less well , and carbon dioxide could again build up in the atmosphere , playing a part in ending the cooling phase ( Nature , vol 302 , p 328 ) . |