Example sentences of "[verb] up his [noun sg] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For while his victory certainly overturned the basic tenets of any horse race — he won because he was so far behind at the crucial moment — still he gained that victory by adapting to the circumstances which had suddenly presented themselves , by his jockey 's quick and skilful manoeuvring by his jockey , by jumping accurately and by keeping up his gallop to the end . |
| 2 | By mid-forenoon they could see Dunbar 's towers ahead ; and by noontide they were under the outer castle-bridge , with Ramsay shouting up his name to the watch and asking for the Countess Agnes . |
| 3 | ‘ Were a benighted inhabitant of Otaheite to feel the wretchedness of his present life , and lift up his soul to the god he worshipped as a supreme being … no doubt God would hear such a prayer . ’ |
| 4 | Tuppe craned up his head to the mighty hotel . |
| 5 | Because however much we might be reassured by Parliament that Charles 's constitutional position will be unaffected by his separation , most of us believe that the Prince will finally have to give up his right to the throne — just as his Great Uncle did in the Abdication of 1936 . |
| 6 | He pulled up his chair to the fire , to enjoy his hot gin-and-water in comfort , and opened the newspaper . |
| 7 | . ’ Gibbon had followed up his opposition to the girl by ‘ acts of personal hostility to me ’ . |
| 8 | He did not mention that he was not thinking of taking up his invitation to the United States . |
| 9 | He wound up his reply to the delegation by saying that he had only put the £30,000 for the foundations into the estimates for the present session and would ask Scott for elevations in a different style . |
| 10 | ‘ Do you know this face ? ’ said Isambard , turning Harry about in his hands to display him to them all , and taking him by the chin to jerk up his face to the light when he turned it haughtily aside . |