Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] up a [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Have you built up a debt to the bank ? |
| 2 | Unconsciously she put up a hand to that fatal head of hair , and her fingers , coming into contact with the enveloping white cap , brought her a sobering thought . |
| 3 | ‘ Princes will cede towns , even provinces , but all the ability of the most adroit negotiators can not persuade them to give up a rank to which they believe themselves entitled . ’ |
| 4 | Laird scissored with his stand-off and then displayed both pace and power to race 50 metres to the Colleges line where , although tackled , he popped up a pass to fellow-centre Willie Weatherhead who scored , Livingstone converting . |
| 5 | But a few moments later , in Simon 's cottage , when he pulled up a chair to the fire and gently pressed her down into it , she managed to say , ‘ You — knew … |