Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] it [verb] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is talk of setting up a ‘ proud to be perverted ’ pressure group along the lines of Act Up ) , ( perhaps they should call it Strapped Up ) , which will campaign around the issue of consent , the idea that whatever two adults agree to do in the privacy of their own homes is no concern of the courts . |
| 2 | Going into debt like that if you could but but you might use it to top up |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , we 'll have it cleared up by then , ’ said Markby , cheerfully . |
| 4 | okay , do n't say blue , because otherwise you 'll get it mixed up with asphyxia |
| 5 | I 'll get it typed up . |
| 6 | Erm , and then we 'll sort of talk it through and make sure we 've got it right , and we 'll get it typed up for you , erm , and make sure you take a copy of it away with you . |
| 7 | ‘ If you really want it done this way , I 'll get it drawn up and sent down for you to sign . |
| 8 | It takes properties off the housing market and might encoureage it to pick up . |
| 9 | The friction of their two radiances created a third ; they could sense it building up between them and around them . |
| 10 | Tension choked them : they could feel it rising up their throats , threatening to swamp their brains . |
| 11 | I mean , you could see it going up on the hill above you . |
| 12 | Thought I 'd get it cleaned up now cos he wo n't be needing it . |
| 13 | ‘ Let's hope it lives up to it , ’ said Charles , recklessly putting two lumps of coal on the fire . |
| 14 | Still , Pauline Collins is genuinely charming , there are some perky one-liners , and if there was an Oscar for Best Crinkly Smile In A Supporting Role , Tom Conti would have it sewn up . |
| 15 | Still , Pauline Collins is genuinely charming , there are some perky one-liners , and if there was an Oscar for Best Crinkly Smile In A Supporting Role , Tom Conti would have it sewn up . |
| 16 | This does mean , of course , that there is no control over the model 's yaw axis ( rudder to you fixed-wing flyers ) during the descent , although the natural weathercock effect of the fuselage will keep it lined up in the direction of flight . |
| 17 | The journal has now changed its status to that of a charity which will give tax advantages and will enable it to set up an endowment fund . |
| 18 | Because the outer layer is hard and brittle , any heaving or shifting of the more mobile material deeper down will cause it to break up , providing the clean , sharply-defined angular blocks which cover the surface of the flow . |
| 19 | Change the social or physical conditions in which the animal is growing up and you may find it ends up with a different set of rules for learning . |
| 20 | You can make it paid up , i.e. freezing the policy so that you do not pay into it any more , but wait until the end of the term to take any profits it has made . |
| 21 | It features patterned papers to buy by the sheet : 20in by 25in is £4.83 ( first quality ) , £2.41 ( second quality ) : or you can buy it made up into boxes , albums , desk sets , lampshades and photo mounts . |
| 22 | Neglecting the most boring jobs can result in more work later on — thick algae on the glass can be stubborn to remove , whereas daily scraping can prevent it building up . |
| 23 | Yes , ok I 'll just , I can , I can do it winding up |
| 24 | Now I , I often gives in , in schools , and I particularly show that slide because as you can see it goes up to the year twenty forty er now I shall be a hundred and four in the year twenty forty I wo n't ask you to calculate what age you will be in the year twenty forty it might be quite large erm |
| 25 | on the box you can see it made up and then with all the bits and pieces separate |
| 26 | You are not supposed to leave rubbish behind for the next occupants to cope with , although you can leave it bagged up outside the door for the dustmen to take later . |
| 27 | ‘ We can get it chased up but it 's probably one they hand out to anybody about the right age when they 're on the job . |
| 28 | A Microsoft Corp Windows NT version will be on show at the forthcoming Comdex exhibition — ‘ if we can get it lined up by then ’ — whilst Tivoli investor , mainframe system management software house Legent Corp will take the technology into the IBM MVS world . |
| 29 | You can get it spaced up on the screen , and you can print it out . |
| 30 | You can teach it to pick up the broom , but how does it avoid knocking over the potted plant ? ’ |