Example sentences of "[verb] up his [adj] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so he turns aside under a pine tree , lays his sword and oliphant under him and lies down to die : he makes his confession , holds up his right glove to God and angels come and carry his soul to Paradise . |
| 2 | … why should he light up his front lamp to time ? |
| 3 | You are building up his arbitrary obedience to conscience instead of his understanding and acceptance of ethical standards . |
| 4 | He raised up his steaming glass to his brother . |
| 5 | I fill up his new dish to the top and stick it on the floor . |
| 6 | Coningham said that he had looked more closely at Scott 's scheme since the last debate , and ‘ could not acquiesce in the high opinion which that gentleman appeared to entertain of himself , judging by the long string of superlatives in his own praise with which he wound up his recent letter to The Times ' . |