Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] up his " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I clearly got up his nose when I asked him about a report which disputed his status as a big box-office draw , ’ says Barry . |
| 2 | He is a famous writer , so I also tear up his manuscripts and books . |
| 3 | I was watching someone else picking up his post , a nice-looking man with a stoop , and he was reading his letters and he came to one where he cried bitterly . |
| 4 | He had a weak head for liquor which always roused up his deep , if sentimental , religious feelings . |
| 5 | Graham immediately felt a tingling sensation in his hand which quickly spread up his arm and into his chest . |
| 6 | Since it took so long for Dobson finally to take over in Macclesfield , it may be either that he returned to Stockport as Master from some period or that the Goldsmiths forgot that they had appointed Escolmbe , or that Escolmbe himself never took up his duties . |
| 7 | Many more have claimed him to be a genius of the hidden writings of the past ; an unsurpassed esoteric ; an extraordinary magician who deliberately mixed up his mysterious verses to hide them from weaklings and meddlers . |
| 8 | So , if gives evidence , having become competent because he has pleaded guilty , erm , then we can cross-examine him , but we are in difficulties if we then bring up his previous convictions attack his credibility . |
| 9 | Plastic tubing , 7ft of it , appears on stage with him then disappears up his nose into what I presume is his stomach . |
| 10 | Although he only took up his duties in mid July , he has already attended several branch meetings and has supported branch representation at a number of summer events . |
| 11 | Charles was not going to offer a cue for another derogatory observation , so he only picked up his glass and finished his drink . |
| 12 | well you know what he did , on Monday morning he was in the garage when he suddenly made up his mind to com to walk across to the paper shop to get a paper and he had n't got er a jacket or any thing on , all he got on was a pull over |
| 13 | In terms of motivating those around him Daley has no peer , and if when he finally hangs up his spikes they can convince him to go into coaching , he will be sensational . |
| 14 | ‘ The English press wrote this stuff about us and it nearly broke up his marriage , ’ he said . |
| 15 | He also made up his mind never , never to go near a ladder again . |
| 16 | He later set up his own business importing groceries from Europe , particularly from Spain . |
| 17 | Had he really made up his mind that firmly ? |
| 18 | The mullah was very hungry and when he heard that the Emperor was providing a free iftar to anyone who came to the Red Fort he immediately tied up his donkey and went along . |
| 19 | He immediately set up his own company , called Ashling , the Irish for A Dream , in recognition of his national roots . |
| 20 | your New Wee Sister , I says your auntie will wipe the gateau off your ear but he jist laughed up his sleeve at me as per usual . |
| 21 | He then holds up his own ideal , a calculated inversion which in a normal man might be the text for a denunciation of what Cicero called the treachery ‘ lurking under the false show of loyal service ’ : At this point , normally , the attack on evil would be made ; but Iago unconcernedly identifies himself with this group : ‘ These fellows have some soul , /And such a one do I profess myself ’ ( 53ff . ) . |
| 22 | He then smashed up his cell and began his detention with a three month sentence for assault and wilful damage . |
| 23 | The Duchess giggled as he then picked up his guitar and sang Michael Row The Boat Ashore . |
| 24 | Whilst he voluntarily gave up his deferment in late 1969 , by December the draft had been replaced with a lottery system and Clinton 's name was not chosen . |