Example sentences of "up the [noun] [conj] [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | I picked up the phone and gave him an ear-bashing . ’ |
| 2 | Mr Jarvis grinned and , as she picked up the squirrel and took him over to the recovery cage , he followed and stood watching as she settled her patient down . |
| 3 | With an anguished whimper she gave up the fight and kissed him back with a fervour born of all the long , lonely nights she 'd spent without him , her arms snaking up round his neck to pull him closer still . |
| 4 | Tidying up the mess and helping him or her to get to bed is not the best thing to do . |
| 5 | I had to catch up the axe and hit him with the blunt end , knock him out . |
| 6 | By this time he would not have been surprised if she had taken up the lecture and returned him a brief history of the next four centuries . |
| 7 | But when Mr Wray punched him , Youngs picked up the hammer and struck him across the cheek . |
| 8 | He lost his temper , tied up the dog and shot him 11 times . |
| 9 | Describing in today 's Sunday Times of Johannesburg how he found Stompie 's body in Mrs Mandela 's house , Morgan said : ‘ One morning I got to the house early and I was told by Winnie to pick up the dog and dump him . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , come along , come along , Miss Quinn , ’ Dr. Briant said , using the bright rallying voice he always did when speaking to her , and obediently she picked up the baby and carried him to the scales . |
| 11 | Putting down his carrot , Hazel ran across , scrambled up the bank and joined him on the bare ground under the low , close boughs . |