Example sentences of "and [prep] [verb] up [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So this is a time for shedding illusions and for staking up such relative certainties as exist . |
| 2 | But Bakker in reply says cartilage is in fact better for absorbing shocks and for building up hydrostatic pressure . |
| 3 | He at least had the consolation of a third round loser 's cheque for £5,355 pounds almost doubling his prize money for the year and of picking up valuable ranking points . |
| 4 | During Elizabeth 's reign the English had been concerned , as Hakluyt explained , with trade and with opening up new lines of commerce . |
| 5 | And in picking up these old connections it helps greatly that Greece now belongs to the European Community . |