Example sentences of "he [verb] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a warmth and a charm about him that made for easy relations with most people , even the press , and they helped him build up the confidence that was needed all round . |
| 2 | From the corner of her eye , she watched him pick up the first coil of rope . |
| 3 | Nor is it any more than the incidental music to a play that captured the composer 's imagination and inspired him to conjure up the ‘ goings on in the Magicked Athenian wood ’ . |
| 4 | I 'm waiting on him picking up the machine . |
| 5 | A COLLEAGUE 'S 4½-year-old son has asked him to set up the video camera in front of the chimney on Christmas Eve to catch Santa on camera . |
| 6 | He joined the company in 1960 when asked him to set up the Company 's first electrical department . |
| 7 | Although he was no relation to Charles , his surname had inspired him to pick up the pen . |
| 8 | ‘ And as she and Steve are together it 's not unlikely for him to pick up the phone if it rang . ’ |
| 9 | I heard him pumping up the pressure and singing a folk song which began , ‘ We do n't smoke pot in Norwich City ’ . |
| 10 | I 'll phone my father-in-common-law and get him to look up the address the er postcode in his |
| 11 | Custodio , who had been in charge of his security , said during the trial that the former armed forces Chief of Staff , Gen. Fabian Ver , who left the Philippines with Marcos in 1986 , had instructed him to draw up the security plan for Benigno Aquino 's arrival . |
| 12 | She did not believe Labour was now the party of home ownership , strong defence and financial rectitude : ‘ If it 's that easy for the Labour leader to give up the principles in which he does believe , wo n't it be even easier for him to give up the principles in which he does not believe ? |
| 13 | In a personal attack on Mr Kinnock — a prime target for the Conservative counter-offensive — she added : ‘ If it 's that easy for the Labour leader to give up the principles in which he does believe , wo n't it be even easier for him to give up the principles in which he does not believe ? ’ |
| 14 | His quest for adventure led him to give up the business and sail around the world with a friend in 1980 — but disaster struck . |
| 15 | His injuries forced him to give up the coveted mount on Cool Ground . |
| 16 | To the very last he consulted his own common sense rather than the orders of his doctors whom he detested because they advised him to give up the roast meats that he loved . |
| 17 | A former bus driver , illness forced him to give up the DIAL office at Kingsley which he ran successfully for two years . |
| 18 | There was a receipt showing that after lack of money forced him to give up the flat , in 1989 , he bought a luxury caravan . |
| 19 | Persistent ill health induced him to give up the surveyorship at Christ 's Hospital in January 1816 and that of the Bethlehem Hospital the following year . |
| 20 | When Kemalpasazade presented himself to Hacihasanzade and requested that he be appointed to the Taslik ( Ali Bey ) medrese in Edirne which was then vacant , Hacihasanzade urged him to give up the thought of receiving a medrese and to accept an appointment to a kadilik instead . |
| 21 | Kevin John Porter , 28 , was stopped by police in Commercial Street , Darlington , last summer after drinking with a friend who asked him to fill up the car . |
| 22 | " He 's been shaking like this ever since he was sixteen years old , " the Keraing told us , " when he first had the experience which made him take up the profession . |
| 23 | Toby saw him take up the pile of wet flannel from beside the bath and chuck it at his face . |
| 24 | And we 'd go across and I would help him to couple up the various coaches and that . |
| 25 | It 's the only real explanation Tolby had for him starting up the divorce proceedings again . |
| 26 | His mother was a little surprised to see him coming up the garden path crying his eyes out just half an hour later . |
| 27 | Key was surprised when I asked him to clear up the controversy . |
| 28 | Carrie watched him go up the steep main street . |
| 29 | Often Hickey is besieged by fans who want him to turn up the vocals and they make their point forcibly . |
| 30 | Everyone watched him stride up the aisle towards the door at the back of the auditorium . |