Example sentences of "[adj] time [verb] up the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Staff and councillors at the town hall have praised the generous efforts of the milkmen who will inevitably have to spend extra time picking up the gifts . |
| 2 | A more gentle upbringing means that the animal has more time to build up the reserves of fat necessary to lubricate the meat . |
| 3 | This gives your body more time to burn up the calories . |
| 4 | ‘ Do you wish to order now , or do you need some more time to add up the calories ? ’ |
| 5 | They 've uncovered the remains of a first century village and graveyard … but they only have a short time to dig up the relics , before work continues on a pipeline straight through the site . |
| 6 | They 've uncovered the remains of a first century village and graveyard … but they only have a short time to dig up the relics , before work continues on a pipeline straight through the site . |
| 7 | The advantage of such an audit lies in its ability to produce a critical assessment of the organization 's marketing strengths and weaknesses , whilst at the same time weighing up the threats and opportunities posed by the external environment . |
| 8 | The Labour Party had a merry time playing up the problems and piling up the votes . |