Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] [verb] up a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Drs Anthony and Maggie Barker , average age 70 years , spent 30 years building up a medical service in rural South Africa . |
| 2 | He 's been rattling on about people bemoaning the passing of Trevino and Palmer , saying there are no characters left , merely machine-like robots who take five minutes to select a club , 10 minutes to line up a putt , and five-and-a-half hours to complete a round . |
| 3 | But however reasonable , nothing was as cheap as free accommodation , and she had been counting on these next six months to build up a bank balance . |
| 4 | After six years working up a polished stage show and building a loyal fan base , she 's all too aware of the scene 's limitations . |
| 5 | my three wishes sucked up a chimney of flame . |
| 6 | I put this on the agenda erm the phrase at the moment seems to be flagging things up and my concern is opposite Dave is the but as everybody I 'm sure is aware we 've got erm divisional A L O's based within as Crime Prevention Officers , the main concern for my particular area is Bill although based at has actually for the last three years built up a good working relationship and inspected staff from and . |
| 7 | At level II , candidates will take four mandatory core skills modules , plus three modules making up a new National Certificate Cluster in design . |
| 8 | Similarly , the general SVQ at level III involves four mandatory core skills modules , plus the three modules making up a more advanced National Certificate Cluster . |
| 9 | Several standard-bearing veterans of the uprising were forced hastily to switch positions — and the soldier carrying the wreath sprinted 50 yards to take up a new position in front of the prince . |
| 10 | For centuries , man has thought of himself as the most highly evolved form of life on earth , using his five senses to build up a composite and highly complex picture of the world around him . |
| 11 | You are n't seriously suggesting he might have spent fifteen years building up a simpleton 's profile , in case it would come in handy if ever he wanted to commit a crime ? ’ |
| 12 | A friend of mine in her late thirties has spent the last five years building up a successful business . |
| 13 | Accordingly , the 1987 regulations picked up a large part of the requirements of the Bank Accounts Directive , but not all of them . |
| 14 | President Clinton has given his staff two months to draw up a balanced solution to the continuing controversy over the logging of the Pacific North-West old-growth forests — fiercely opposed by conservationists , but strongly defended as economically essential by many local people . |
| 15 | The 1983 agreement by eighteen countries to set up a regional preferential trading area ( PTA ) in East and Southern Africa has been little more successful in overcoming three familiar problems . |
| 16 | In each text , the first two sentences set up a context that makes a different one of these two structures more plausible by allowing fully referential success only for that one structure . |
| 17 | Use four Matchmakers to prop up a triangular piece of cake for the top of the well . |
| 18 | He would not be prepared when she asked him why he had sent two men to beat up a pathetic hotel clerk and frighten a vulnerable old woman . |
| 19 | FOUR men tied up a middle-aged builder and his wife and threatened them with machetes before ransacking their home , a court heard yesterday . |
| 20 | In front of Celtic 's lowest home gate of the season , the two sides served up a superb all-action second half which compensated for a dour first session . |
| 21 | In front of Celtic 's lowest home gate of the season , the two sides served up a superb all-action second half which compensated for a dour first session . |
| 22 | The two fets make up a high input-impedance differential pair with unity gain and over 10MHz bandwidth , which maintains linearity at low charging currents and at high frequencies up to 18MHz . |
| 23 | And the divide between the Catholic and Anglican churches was bridged — at least for investment purposes when the insurance arms of the two churches set up a joint venture , Ecclesiastical Underwriting Management , headed by the aptly named Kevin Cannon . |
| 24 | But just as the Americans looked to be heading to a heavy and humiliating defeat in their first ever game against Germany , they struck back with two goals in seven minutes to set up a tense finish . |