Example sentences of "build up [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 On this morning however , they dallied somewhat so that each might have the off-chance of that little bit of news that other people call gossip , which the other might add to the jigsaw of seemingly useless information built up bit by bit in small minds .
2 There were layers of Gaily 's patience , built up grain by grain over the years like geological strata .
3 Erm , now what you do with this , these sections is of course you build up information over time .
4 Such issues grew out of my reflections upon the images of school which were built up incident by incident , interview by interview , comment by comment .
5 This applies where two companies have used identical or similar marks for at least five years or more in all honesty and have built up goodwill in ignorance of the use of the mark by the other company .
6 Ray Reynolds has lived in the area all his life , both his bungalow home and the 250 acre farm he 's built up bit by bit would disappear under the reservoir .
7 There could be no greater indication of the contrast between me two friends ' approach to their craft than a comparison between The Lost Road , tentatively built up stage by stage , with an infinite number of backward glances at the whole mythology that has gone before , and Lewis 's self-confident brush strokes as he dashed off Out of the Silent Planet .
8 Because of these complexities , friendships with the Willses tend to be built up step by step and to become all the more valued because their qualities are seldom revealed all at one time .
9 The personal involvement of the pupil , both at an individual and group level , is important in building up enthusiasm for learning .
10 However , where attempts are made to build up monopoly by merger there has been a heightened awareness of the inherent dangers , and governments have been more willing to take direct action to prohibit them .
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