Example sentences of "up his [noun] [noun sg] [conj] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a moment , he picked up his water goblet and rinsed his mouth , then spat the rinse back into the glass . |
| 2 | Mind made up , he returned to the kitchen , picked up his zipper jacket and departed , officially for school , but in fact for the town to do some shopping . |
| 3 | He stood listening attentively for a moment as the saxophone vied with the noise of the storm outside ; then he returned to his seat , picked up his champagne glass and drained it . |
| 4 | The Corsican , straining to inspire conviviality in his guest , picked up his champagne glass and held it towards him , inviting him to drink to the idea . |
| 5 | When I said that spike went up his trouser leg and shouted and up and at them ! |
| 6 | Yanto nodded , picked up his bait bag and joined the other lucky ones . |
| 7 | Store manager Darren Banks , 28 , said : ‘ He marched in , rolled up his jacket sleeve and glued his left arm to the counter . ’ |
| 8 | He returned to pick up his account book and totted up some figures . |
| 9 | He put the lid on the pan and picked up his wine glass and drank before saying anything else . |
| 10 | Ellwood snatched up his wine glass and clapped it to his mouth , driving the rim past his teeth . |
| 11 | He picked up his wine glass and drained it . |
| 12 | Athelstan swung his cloak around him , picked up his writing tray and examined the beautiful embroidery of the dorsar draped over the back of one of the chairs . |
| 13 | He turned up his coat collar and gave his eyes time to adjust to the thickness of the night fog . |
| 14 | The doctor picked up his silver pen and hovered it over a blank sheet . |
| 15 | He zipped up his tool bag and hobbled away before Endill had the chance to reply . |
| 16 | He held up his despatch case and tapped it with his swagger-stick . |
| 17 | When the captain walked back onto his ship , leaving the newcomer looking faintly bewildered on the quayside , Blind Hugh snatched up his begging cup and made his way across the street with an ingratiating leer . |
| 18 | Within minutes he had unclipped and set up his ladder bridge and negotiated the crossing to the fire escape platform with his customary ease . |