Sentence examples for built up something from inspiring English sources

The couple have built up something of an impressive record of brushes with the law.

She certainly could have gone anywhere, but it's wonderful that she could have built up something like this at a place like the College of New Jersey".

One legacy of the World Cup has been a heightened appreciation in Brazil of all things German, particularly Lukas Podolski, who may not have played a central role in the tournament but has built up something of a cult following with his unfailingly genial comments about Brazil on Twitter.

I thought he knew that in "Newt, Inc". he had built up something good in his years out of public office, and that he wouldn't risk damaging his operation by running a race that made him look like he wasn't a powerful figure in the Republican Party.

He has built up something of a celebrity status in Dublin – "I'm stuck being Mattress Mick forever.

I wanted to do something that started from ground zero and a blank canvas, and built up something new again.

You build up something on the balance sheet, and you pretend you are getting rich".

"It is important to build up something more positive but with a certain gravitas".

We should try to build up something on legal grounds so as not to play into the hands of the authorities".

This is one of the good memories and I think we can build up something strong for the next few years.

"So you'd be working on something, and you'd think that's too bright, or too dark, and you would reference it with the other sequences you were working on and you'd start to build up something that was consistent, that had a narrative to it, that related to what the director wanted to do.