Example sentences of "have [verb] up a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My fitness has picked up a lot in the last two or three weeks and I 'm kicking a ball and running fine , ’ said Owers . |
| 2 | He added : ‘ He vehemently opposes active regional policies , he has wound up a lot of the government 's aid to the North and during his term as Industry Secretary he has done nothing to create new technology and skills or back new firms and enterprise in Hartlepool . ’ |
| 3 | CREAM cake king Chris Liveras has stirred up a lot of controversey since he decided to build a cake factory the Preston Farm site once earmarked for development by the Ministry of Defence . |
| 4 | ‘ The new seismic has shown up a lot of interesting fault trends in our northern block , which is a continuation of those successfully explored in other companies ’ areas , ’ Stephen said . |
| 5 | Nona 'd grown up a lot in New York . ’ |
| 6 | Next week came , and we never got that half hour , so it must have added up a lot , all throughout the year . |
| 7 | ‘ My job means having to give up a lot of things that everyone else takes for granted in their life , and you 've always known that , Annabel , ’ Scott again reminded her . |
| 8 | There had never been any doubt in her mind that she would look after her parents in their old age : they had given up a lot for her , she said , and that was how she could repay them . |
| 9 | It was clear that she had picked up a lot from the Prince 's own style , especially the self-deprecating wit . |
| 10 | He smiles : ‘ I 've grown up a lot and I 'm now enjoying important fights that used to fill me with nerves . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've grown up a lot in the last two years , ’ she said quietly and I silently agreed with her . |
| 12 | God , but she had grown up a lot since then . |
| 13 | We 've cleaned up a lot of parts of our city . |
| 14 | We 've , we 've soaked up a lot of pressure without having too many goal attempts at us , and then we 've broke away and scored two goals ; the plan 's worked a treat and I was due to do something right . |
| 15 | The voice was warm , too , as if it had soaked up a lot of sunshine . |
| 16 | The Coalisland — Dungannon march had given everyone a good day out and had used up a lot of their energy by the time the moment of confrontation arrived . |
| 17 | ‘ Few clients can give us a breakdown but historically we 've burnt up a lot of fuel . |
| 18 | They 've dug up a lot of human bones at my old uncle 's house … ‘ |
| 19 | Clarissa had to summon up a lot of courage , but she rang Charity 's door bell . |
| 20 | I have given up a lot of my independence . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ The C & D category societies ( the smallest ) have picked up a lot of savings business by offering high interest rates , but that money has to be lent out and the sort of mortgage business they have been picking up at the rates they charge looks very doubtful to me . |
| 22 | So when you look at it on a yearly basis and a compare it to what it was a few years ago , Yes it 's gone up a lot . |
| 23 | And Ford 's put up a lot of the money and so they wanted their cut from the publicity , and they gave me another award , and their manager in Brighton came to present it . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've noticed the players have perked up a lot since the first leg in Stuttgart . |