Example sentences of "[verb] up good [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most often , the top covers up its bind in the name of keeping up good relationships . |
| 2 | William Lambarde loved Halling and during his time here he built up good relations . |
| 3 | There are several other groups of managers who have recently moved into shell companies , with the view to picking up good deals in recession-hit markets . |
| 4 | The band were still distressed at the demise because their working relationship had been excellent and they had built up good friendships with the staff , and did not want to seen them lose their jobs . |
| 5 | Over the years we 've enjoyed annual family holidays without feeling the pinch and we 've built up good relationships with our neighbours and the surrounding community . |
| 6 | So both boys went to the state school in spite of Father Michael at St Oswald 's , but it was a hollow victory because twice a week , once after school , once on Saturdays , they were sent to the Convent to learn catechism off the nuns so they would grow up good Catholics after all . |
| 7 | The higher , more metaphysical elements of literary space fiction were avoided , keeping the whole series fast moving and thus more likely to pick up good audiences — despite the British public 's general anathema to sf around that period . |
| 8 | Actions on environment ‘ fail to back up good intentions ’ . |
| 9 | The refinement of concepts and the steady march of trial and error depends upon not only thinking up good indicators for our concepts , but also on measuring them appropriately . |