Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [verb] up [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tack was left some money in his mother 's will and decided that he should give up his job and go in to business for himself . |
| 2 | Perhaps the most important consequence of a limited partner 's role is that in return for his limited liability he must give up his normal right to participate in the management of the partnership . |
| 3 | In April Neville Chamberlain had told Davidson he must give up his post as party Chairman . |
| 4 | Anyone who wishes to be a follower of mine must leave self behind ; he must take up his cross , and come with me ( Mark 8:34 ) . |
| 5 | If he thinks the doctors are giving up on him he 'll give up himself |
| 6 | He says , oh he 'll make up his we er , same us as , make up his bloody mind but he 's no he 's not interested Kath . |
| 7 | He 'll make up his mind . |
| 8 | He 'll set up his own firm — is n't that so , darling ? ’ |
| 9 | He 'll set up your bit as a separate item . |
| 10 | ‘ Or he 'll rip up our trucks and tear us all into little bite-sized chunks of meat , sir . ’ |
| 11 | John Major has said he 'll take up their case when he visits Tokyo next week . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll persuade him to sell it and return to Hastings , where he 'll take up his old life as an accountant . ’ |
| 13 | Mr Adams scotched speculation that he might take up his Belfast West parliamentary seat , and use parliamentary privilege to overcome the broadcasting ban against Sinn Fein . |
| 14 | He might turn up he might turn up and then say no sorry twenty grand forget it , do n't want to work for you anyway . |
| 15 | I dropped Patterson back at the PKB office so he could pick up his BMW and , though he did n't say it , I think he was glad he 'd left it behind . |
| 16 | Perhaps he could pick up someone new today . |
| 17 | The first few strenuous bridging moves sowed the seeds of doubt — not over the route 's identity so much as whether he could get up it . |
| 18 | Opposed , he could breathe fire ; contradicted or challenged , he could put up his fists and fight . |
| 19 | He 'd give up his job for a pint ! |
| 20 | He 'd open up his heart to her , explain how much he cared . |
| 21 | Sometimes he 'd throw up his hands and storm out of the front door , returning to my apologies and his apologies and yet another spice cake . |
| 22 | ‘ Well for one thing , does it sound likely to you that he 'd make up something so complicated ? ’ |
| 23 | And afterwards he said if I 'd do it now and again just to keep the others on their toes , he 'd make up my wages . ’ |
| 24 | Well like I said , I said that , I said that to Pete and Pete goes , God I wish he 'd make up his mind ! |
| 25 | It was a foregone conclusion , I soon realised , that after univeristy he 'd start up his own firm with some money his father left him . |
| 26 | And she wished he would do up his pyjamas . |
| 27 | He would make up his mind and then he was unshiftable . ’ |
| 28 | At twenty-four , with his father and sister newly dead , he plans what to do with his life should his mother die as well : he would sell up everything and live in Rome , Syracuse or Naples . |
| 29 | My father was friendly enough but too obviously confident of his powers : if other parents complained to him about me or my brother , he always took our side and made it clear that he would roll up his sleeves and take on anyone who laid a finger on us . |
| 30 | George knew that if he left Lennie to speak he would mess up everything and that would be the end of their job . |