Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [to-vb] up a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Help your children to make the most of their leisure time by encouraging them to take up a sport or join a local youth club |
| 2 | Granny-Liz would always stop fanning herself to drink up a glass of iced water . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I took on additional work in the Council , bullying them to set up a committee to draft out statutory requirements for caravan sites — which later became the basis for a Private Member 's Bill — and still had time to dig the vegetable garden and walk miles with the children , just for the pleasure of it . |
| 5 | This makes it much easier to integrate teaching and assessment , as well as helping us to build up a rapport with our trainees . |