Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] up [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The heart will benefit most from the kind of exercise that builds up stamina — the ability to keep going without gasping for breath . |
| 2 | Have you ever been working on a program late at night that throws up error codes with a number such as ‘ ERROR CODE 201 ’ which means nothing at all to you . |
| 3 | Well this is something that comes up time and again Fred . |
| 4 | Other employees said they had favourite sections of the roadshow , and everyone was enthusiastic about the Crystal Maze game that makes up part of the roadshow . |
| 5 | Er , what in fact this Committee is doing , is saying that at one of the sections that makes up part of it , you happen to have carry forwards spare from last year , therefore use them because we ca n't identify anything else in budget savings for this , next year . |
| 6 | The budget deficit is rising alarmingly as recession cuts revenues and drives up unemployment . |
| 7 | Walking exercises your legs and buttock muscles and builds up stamina , but a few add-on exercises will really pay dividends — though you might still have trouble standing after the first day on your skis . |
| 8 | This method of cultivation protects the growing plants from late frosts and builds up heat in the soil so that the potatoes are ready to be lifted 2–3 weeks earlier than if they had been grown conventionally . |
| 9 | And in ‘ Macbeth ’ , ‘ when Tarquin ‘ rapes ’ the crown , and the Boar climbs into Duncan 's slashed skin and stands up King of Scotland ’ , one must simply groan , because for all the tortuous extravagance of metaphor , and the twists and turns of myth intended to give it power like twisted elastic , one is not being told anything novel . |
| 10 | The Spirit comes and takes up residence in our bodies , which he wants to use as his temple ( Cor. 6:19 ) . |
| 11 | The Spirit comes and takes up residence in a man once he is invited in . |
| 12 | In short , while it is good for third party service providers , it is administratively inefficient for investors , brokers and companies and ties up capital needlessly in the securities system . |
| 13 | The needles for the stitches in contrast colour will be selected to the upper position as the carriage crosses the needlebed and picks up colour two from the second yarn feed ( the ‘ butterfly ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ From now on , it 's healthy eating , ’ she announces to her underwhelmed offspring and insists that they and their father go jogging and serves up watercress soup for tea . |
| 15 | Anyway , one of them escapes and sets up home in an abandoned but working car-wash in Hayes , Middlesex , while the rest die of starvation in the internment cells . " |
| 16 | He gives talks and shows videos to various organisations and sets up stall at open days . |
| 17 | BT freezes cost of calls but puts up rental |