Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] up his " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Because I 'm b aadd , ’ he clowns , but them holds up his shaking hand , spreads his fingers and says : ‘ It 's because of this . |
| 2 | I pick up his name from someone , or was it in my mind anyway ? |
| 3 | I screwed up his objectivity So he 'd be off now , |
| 4 | ‘ He rang me up and said he was feeling lousy and could I look up his chart . |
| 5 | I fill up his new dish to the top and stick it on the floor . |
| 6 | The very co-operative and talkative source also described Macari 's old betting slips , in almost retentive detail , adding ‘ on one occasion he 'd emptied his pockets while in my place , I cleaned up his used betting slips and there was £800 worth . ’ |
| 7 | Meehan , at the time I took up his case , had had three solicitors , all from Glasgow : Joseph Beltrami for his trial , then Ross Harper and later Leonard Murray . |
| 8 | Well , at least his backed up his ideas with practical solutions . |
| 9 | With Lissa 's money I picked up his tabs . |
| 10 | However , after haranguing us and making me mop up his uniform , the outraged policeman indicated a couple of wash-basins . |
| 11 | With Rhianon she made up his first fan-club : but even so — as with all the others I talked to who came from Richard 's past — there was no ‘ soft soap ’ : sadness because he was gone — much of that — but no false sentiment . |
| 12 | She jerked up his arm , and spun round under it . |
| 13 | She cut up his dinner for him in a charming , solicitous way . |
| 14 | With Roy holding her by the arms she walked up his body until , reaching his shoulders , she flipped over and landed on her feet , screeching with laughter . |
| 15 | ‘ Alex Bannen would 've had a screaming fit if we 'd left you to mess up his precious Bridge ; God alone knows what Tiw would 've done . ’ |
| 16 | She picks up his hand and kisses the knuckles . |
| 17 | Each time she looked up his eyes met hers and she was unable to put a good face on things . |
| 18 | She picked up his bag , saying she would put it in her car . |
| 19 | I saw you write down crafty so you picked up his little circle , it could be used for referrals , there 's the R A R obviously is another one so they 're things that can be er picked up . |
| 20 | ‘ Gordon is an established professional who has represented his country and played for his clubs with distinction and we took up his case because we felt it was a slur that needed to be removed . ’ |
| 21 | He had them set up his bier at the end of the hall , draped in black velvet , and its handles tasselled in black and gold . |
| 22 | At the same time I placed a leg between his ; the object being to prevent him bringing up his knee against my balls.The plan was to throw both of us to the ground — at the right moment . |
| 23 | Best to say nothing , perhaps — and she watched him pick up his hat and dash off to save McAllister from any dragons she might meet between Vetch Street and the rectory . |
| 24 | They make up his hope and give him his strength . |
| 25 | One forced him to stand up his fiancée Mary Todd at their first planned wedding in 1841 . |
| 26 | FOOTBALL ‘ bad boy ’ Ian Jolosa is in trouble again … just days after a judge ordered him to clean up his act by watching Gary Lineker videos . |
| 27 | Coe tells me that he was attracted to writing some kind of thriller because it would help him tighten up his plotting , but he still has some way to go ; the book 's resolution is simply too arbitrary and fanatical . |
| 28 | I had just time to pull on a clean shirt and a pair of Chinos — Springsteen 's favourites as they show up his black hairs to best effect — before the local news came on the TV . |
| 29 | There was a momentary silence as she averted her gaze again , and she was aware of him picking up his coffee-cup and drinking . |
| 30 | After his father 's death in 1885 the cable companies persuaded him to set up his own manufacturing business , Muirhead & Company , which was so successful that in 1894 he was able to take over his father 's old firm when it was finally wound up . |