Example sentences of "[pers pn] build up a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 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 | ‘ It can be hard when they die , because you build up a bond with them . |
| 4 | Once you build up a regular routine you will want to get outside whatever the weather is doing . |
| 5 | The same thing applies when you build up a story in words . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | you build up a pattern then you build up a rhythm and eventually you know do it |
| 9 | you build up a pattern then you build up a rhythm and eventually you know do it |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Now we 've got a formula , so we build up a little table . |
| 13 | But ions can not probe non-conductors because they build up a charge on the surface , which distorts the analysis . |
| 14 | Some use such a sophisticated system that they build up a detailed picture of their surroundings , effectively " seeing " with sound instead of light . |
| 15 | They build up a taxonomy that relies on whether the preferences of the electorate are seen as fixed or varying and whether government capability is seen as strategic or responsive . |
| 16 | Albert then in turn discovers Celie 's true self and slowly they build up a trust and confide in each other . |
| 17 | There are caves which seem to We went into the caverns and erm saw the petrified caves where they , the water drip on objects and however many years they build up a stone coating . |