Example sentences of "because [pers pn] [verb] up a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it enough to assume you are comparatively fit because you walk up a few stairs or stretch and bend a little as you go about your household chores ? |
| 2 | ‘ It can be hard when they die , because you build up a bond with them . |
| 3 | ‘ You did n't really think I 'd run away just because you tore up a few of my clothes , did you ? ’ |
| 4 | Debbie 's lawyer , John Christiansen , said she can claim half their assets , because she gave up a promising tennis career for Fred 's sake . |
| 5 | We knew Malcolm had been really impressed with Hell in New York because they kept up a correspondence . |
| 6 | But ions can not probe non-conductors because they build up a charge on the surface , which distorts the analysis . |
| 7 | Such questions seem both searching and naive , searching because they open up a Pandora 's box of issues about the nature and structure of knowledge , naive because they are not usually asked , and doubtless can not be answered , in quite such a simple way . |
| 8 | Perhaps because she liked the feel of the material ; perhaps because they opened up a glimpse of another world … |
| 9 | Their sovereign was immensely puzzled by the process and strongly suspected that some of them intended to secede and set up independent states in South America , but the conquests attracted special attention and gained retrospective approval because they opened up a great wealth of silver and gold for the treasury of the King of Spain . |
| 10 | This tactic does sometimes work , but it 's quite risky for Orcs because it ties up a lot of character points which you could well use elsewhere . |
| 11 | ‘ The reason we did a video for ‘ Dipping ’ was because it conjured up a lot of images . |