Example sentences of "he [verb] up [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | But just as she was about to tell him to brace up she heard an exclamation from further down the corridor . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Oh that copper , he said he , he said the thing is he said what you 've got ta do is give him as much shit and aggravation as you can possibly give him , keep him hot and keep him roasted up he said because what happens is he 's getting along , long and he 's thinking oh I can do this and I can do that and I can do the other , he said but if you can get your solicitor to keep him on his toes he ai n't got time to think about nothing , he said and if he has done that job himself , he 's laughing at the moment , I said well he must have done it |
| 5 | One forced him to stand up his fiancée Mary Todd at their first planned wedding in 1841 . |
| 6 | In obedience to Angel One 's harsh command , the two Apostles flanking him jerked up their weapons . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | There was a momentary silence as she averted her gaze again , and she was aware of him picking up his coffee-cup and drinking . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Now , she wondered whether the moon crept into his mind too , driving him to pick up his rod and mark her back . |
| 12 | The others watched him scramble up it and then pull himself up until he could , very quickly , glance over the armrest . |
| 13 | Extensive efforts to trace him turned up nothing . |
| 14 | ‘ They actually asked him to look up their wretched daughter when he came to England . |
| 15 | She also gets him to do up her buttons on her dress . |
| 16 | But Sophia herself made no complaint , and when he asked her if she would like him to give up everything and come here to be with her , she smiled , and shook her head . |
| 17 | But Sophia herself made no complaint , and when he asked her if she would like him to give up everything and come here to be with her , she smiled , and shook her head . |
| 18 | A letter from Mary Evans , possibly written at George Coleridge 's suggestion , begged him to give up his plans for emigration , and addressed him with painful tenderness as ‘ her best-beloved Brother ’ . |
| 19 | Vincent once tried to persuade him to give up his safe career and join him as a fellow painter — like other famous brothers in art history . |
| 20 | The Queen wrote from France urging him to give up his Anglican religion and accept Presbyterianism ; for to her as a Roman Catholic , the King remarked , all other religions appeared equally bad . |
| 21 | ‘ Do n't worry , if I want him to shut up I 'll give him a dig and he 'll soon get the message ! |
| 22 | Mr Heath , 47 , earned £3 million in 1989 when the international share dealing business was turning in record profits but ‘ a disagreement about strategic policy ’ has led to him giving up his directorships at the City 's oldest merchant banking group . |
| 23 | Feeling shaken rigid , she watched him move to sit on the side of the bed when , to her further distress , even while his breathing was ragged , she saw him grab up his shirt and trousers . |
| 24 | His wife has given up work as a secretary to stay at home with their three young children , yet the law does not allow him to take up her full tax allowance . |
| 25 | Mark was one of twelve young boys and girls clustered around him to lap up his words of wisdom . |
| 26 | He saw the old man as in need of what , by current standards was a very small sum to enable him to wind up his affairs . |
| 27 | He was well-aware of the sense in which he made up what happened to him , imagined his misfortune . |
| 28 | He made up his mind — and won |
| 29 | While sobbing , he made up his mind . |
| 30 | He made up his mind to tell Miss Claybury in the morning that things must change , otherwise he could no longer stay in her employ . |