Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [coord] [verb] up [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Six weeks after his burial , the Dragoons discovered his grave and dug up his corpse . |
| 2 | Even so , two meagre sessions of firing practice in all that time were of little help in strengthening his nerve or stoking up his fighting spirit . |
| 3 | No sooner had he freed the platform of the Collector 's superfluous presence than the Doctor sprang into his place and held up his hand for silence . |
| 4 | He shivered as he buckled on his sword and took up his post , hating the chill darkness and the loneliness . |
| 5 | Father Poole placed his tall silk hat on his head and picked up his stick . |
| 6 | Down at the gate , Gaily had taken off his jacket and rolled up his shirt sleeves . |
| 7 | They sat him up , hauled off his jacket and shoved up his sleeves , reapplying the tourniquets as quickly as possible . |
| 8 | He fetched up on his back and forced up his gun hand , ignoring the tearing agony of the slashed muscles of his upper arm . |
| 9 | Lee brushed the quiff of blond hair away from his forehead and screwed up his eyes . |
| 10 | After a year he parted from his father and set up his own practice at 24 Hardy Street , in the heart of the Liverpool docklands . |
| 11 | When they came back , Nick settled into his chair and took up his book . |
| 12 | He went back to his chair and picked up his paper again . |
| 13 | In 1765 Walpole broke with his father-in-law and set up his own firm , carrying off the French tobacco contract in the process . |
| 14 | He put on his coat and picked up his bags . |
| 15 | One grey-haired captain , a rough old chap , sat and sat not saying a word , mute as a mackerel , then suddenly got up in the middle of the room ad , you know , said aloud as if speaking to himself , ‘ If there 's no God then what sort of a Captain am I after that ? ’ , ad seized his cap and threw up his arms and went out . |
| 16 | Gildas , thinner than ever , stood a moment , wrinkling up his face and holding up his drooping hands in a way which Jack called his insect pose . |
| 17 | The Welsh guy clears his throat and picks up his briefcase . |