Example sentences of "up a lot [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean , if you 've got a fuzzy-sounding guitar running through everything it takes up a lot of space in the mix . |
| 2 | Steps which are returned at the ends take up a lot of space , but are impressive . |
| 3 | It took up a lot of space , but the facts were few . |
| 4 | Left : Storing water at room temperature and aerating takes up a lot of space but may be worthwhile — the bucket on the right may have had salt added , but the SG tester also incorporates a thermometer . |
| 5 | Which is more than can be said , perhaps , for some of the offerings labelled Panto that are currently mopping up a lot of customers . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ Those hallucinogenics experiments certainly stirred up a lot of shit . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | If you were keen and that well it was up to yourself a lot how you how you picked up a lot of things because if you were keen you could pick up anything you wanted if you were n't well that was just too bad it 's your own fault . |
| 10 | But I mean it brought up a lot of things that we perhaps |
| 11 | Nestle 's milk conjures up a lot of memories for me . |
| 12 | It also takes up a lot of memory for OPEN , remembering all states which might lead to a solution . |
| 13 | Erm , if you erm , maybe erase part of entries of the spreadsheet , you think , oh that 's going to free up a lot of memory , er , probably it wo n't . |
| 14 | Er , one thing that tends to use up a lot of memory , is when you insert columns on the left of the spreadsheets . |
| 15 | It can expect to pick up a lot of support both from mainstream Solidarity and from the squabbling peasants ' parties . |
| 16 | ‘ And when I was up in the tree , ’ she added , gazing up at him , ‘ I saw a thief climb into the Botanical Gardens and dig up a lot of bulbs and put them in a big case and go off with them ! ’ |
| 17 | Two banks were persuaded to put up a lot of money , so that by the time Sir Nicolas Browne-Wilkinson V-C came to consider the action , the loans including interest totalled around £40M . |
| 18 | Manuel had not been able to improve on par the first day but everyone knew he was capable of making up a lot of leeway with one of his famous ‘ charges . ’ |
| 19 | which we certainly were n't doing , were we , in the last last year er review and the mechanics of the fax service we already thought that took up a lot of hours you know just putting , faxing them through , receiving them |
| 20 | Does it set up a lot of directories ? |
| 21 | Quite apart from the publicity such incidents provided , they also tied up a lot of ships and manpower . |
| 22 | Of course , I have been making up a lot of nonsense about machines getting in touch with one another . |
| 23 | But Scott could stir up a lot of trouble before next May . |
| 24 | You should , you , you 're advised not to jog on tarmac because the surface is hard and jars and so if you do a lot of it can you see and if , particularly if your joints are not equal to it , then you set up a lot of trouble . |
| 25 | ‘ The reason we did a video for ‘ Dipping ’ was because it conjured up a lot of images . |
| 26 | Without wanting to state the obvious , the SJ-20 is a big guitar that takes up a lot of room . |
| 27 | And you ca n't let people touch them so they have to be in glass cases which are hugely expensive and take up a lot of room , and the director is not very interested in costume . |
| 28 | Shields recorded their first win of the season on a greasy pitch after soaking up a lot of pressure . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |