Example sentences of "and built up the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 As Alcuin looked back from the high days of his own collaboration with Charlemagne , which also involved his many pupils who became bishops and abbots , he obviously saw a model of this relationship at the York of his younger days , when Eadbert ruled Northumbria while his brother Egbert was archbishop of York and built up the cathedral library .
2 ‘ You are a success to them if you fit in with the culture , particularly when they have gone thousands of miles and built up the clubs themselves .
3 The Emperor Frederick Barbarossa ( d. 1190 ) had established the German monarchy and built up the power of the emperor in the north to a hitherto unparalleled degree .
4 They brought in the horses , hobbled them and built up the fire .
5 At a time when Japanese cars were a joke , his faith and perseverance founded the Nissan dealerships and built up the business .
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