Example sentences of "[pers pn] build [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your midwife and doctor , though , see many pregnant women , so they need to use all their skills to help them build up a picture of your individual , unique pregnancy . |
| 2 | I build up a painting like that by covering the whole canvas with a kind of stain , then I get a cloth and rub the images out with a rag , block out the areas of light , then I add very thin layers of paint , then I glaze it and then paint into it . |
| 3 | I build up a painting like that by covering the whole canvas with a kind of stain , then I get a cloth and rub the images out with a rag , block out the areas of light , then I add very thin layers of paint , then I glaze it and then paint into it . |
| 4 | In one of the Belfast inner-city communities , I built up a strong personal relationship with a very poor family . |
| 5 | Are you building up a small library of essential books ? |
| 6 | On alternate days walk at a slower pace to help you build up a regular habit of walking . |
| 7 | Use the words and pictures on these pages to help you build up a picture of what happened . |
| 8 | From experience and familiarity he or she builds up a mental pictorial encyclopaedia based on study of museum collections , information from archaeological research and accumulated knowledge from books and papers describing objects of particular periods and cultures . |
| 9 | She builds up a full and fascinating portrait of a community with an acute sense of history which gives her descriptions a unique dimension . |
| 10 | ‘ It can be hard when they die , because you build up a bond with them . |
| 11 | Once you build up a regular routine you will want to get outside whatever the weather is doing . |
| 12 | The same thing applies when you build up a story in words . |
| 13 | You build up a frightening picture of an immensely long , empty passage of time , only to cancel it out with your last breath , leaving your audience thoroughly confused , but clinging to the idea that eternity is ‘ like ’ a great length of time . ’ |
| 14 | As you build up a number of scenarios , you can identify the cells that best show the results of your what-if constructions , and have the results of the various scenarios displayed side by side onscreen or printed . |
| 15 | you build up a pattern then you build up a rhythm and eventually you know do it |
| 16 | you build up a pattern then you build up a rhythm and eventually you know do it |
| 17 | Have you built up a debt to the bank ? |
| 18 | This holds the pressed plant material in place allowing you to build up a design without dislodging any of the flowers you have already arranged . |
| 19 | Lengthy booklists are expensive and dull : with some time and effort it will be possible for you to build up a personal library and reference system which is individually geared to your particular needs , and one which helps you to build on your existing knowledge rather than attempting to start again from scratch . |
| 20 | In the first stage we build up a broad structured picture which identifies the main parties , the interactions between them and the main areas where their interests may conflict . |
| 21 | Through this progression , we build up a vista in the round , the lone figure of the narrator at its centre ; then , in ( 4 ) and ( 5 ) , the eye focuses on a particular point : the distant river and vanishing tug , whose disappearance from the scene reinforces the narrator 's isolation . |
| 22 | Now we 've got a formula , so we build up a little table . |
| 23 | We built up a projection of Theresa , and Theresa 's cancer became very real . |
| 24 | Gradually we built up a common world , partly based on the great of the past , like Jane Austen , partly on Ivy . |
| 25 | From the teachers ' comments and our own observations , we built up a picture of some of the processes involved in creating these conditions . |
| 26 | This permits them to build up a picture of how the weather is changing virtually anywhere on Earth . |
| 27 | Many people use them to build up a tax-free fund for youngsters which they get at 18 or 21 , although you are restricted to one scheme per person . |
| 28 | I ask them to build up a Personal Language Profile ( either on their own or by interviewing each other ) which they then share with others in the group . |
| 29 | Between them they built up a dense network of services , institutions and training and campaign centres with inevitable duplications and therefore the constant need for co-ordination . |
| 30 | They built up a friendship with the Scottish band , This Poison ! / ‘ It was really cold at their house . |