Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] up over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bardul uses this chamber to store an amazing range of things which he has picked up over the years in the hope that one day they might be useful . |
| 2 | The magnificent palace of Diocletian at Split , which inspired Robert Adam , the English designer of the eighteenth century , and also influenced the contemporary Georgian styles , still forms the outer shell , a square mile in area , which surrounds the vibrant city which has grown up over the centuries within and around its protective walls . |
| 3 | I feel his glare now , but let my own eyes wander past the fence to the yellow lattice of the heavy lifting gear and the big iron disc of the magnet hanging down , and the motorcar-mountain that has built up over the holiday season . |
| 4 | We are kept reading by the promise of an original sin or trauma that will justify — either in psychological or moral terms — the very existence of the story , but stripped of the successive identities he has built up over the years , Philip 's father is revealed as no more than an insecure , over-imaginative little boy . |
| 5 | The University Library has built up over the years one of the finest collections of African studies in higher education . |
| 6 | SCOTLAND HAS failed to fill the entrepreneurial gap which has opened up over the last decade since the decline of the nationalised and heavy industries , the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , will acknowledge next week . |
| 7 | " Well , unless I 'm very much mistaken , " more help " has hove up over the horizon as you might say . |
| 8 | More than 100 jobs have been axed , a For Sale sign has gone up over a large slice of its assets and chief executive Andros Stakis has been ousted . |
| 9 | Central to this need are the question marks that the Broadcasting Act has thrown up over the whole of the future of British television and in particular the woolly ‘ quality threshold ’ that franchise holders are expected to meet . |
| 10 | An unholy row has blown up over a derelict house and a garden within Hereford Cathedral Close . |
| 11 | Well , I would suppose that the person they 're looking for is similar in character , but if they 're going to er if they 're looking for that person I think they 've just got to act normally , and it 's not a one-off thing , I think it 's built up over the years . |
| 12 | It 's grown up over the years erm in fact I do n't think it counts as much , nearly as much now , as it used to . |