Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] up his [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Straining , successfully , to eradicate any trace of intelligence , Glaser pulls out every stop to rack up his movie to cloying extremes . |
| 3 | Tuppe craned up his head to the mighty hotel . |
| 4 | On the crowded train a man gave up his seat to Ianthe and she accepted it gracefully . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | One album that is sure to bridge the generation gap and be near the top of the charts by the time Santa hitches up his sleigh to Rudolph and friends is 25 Years — The Chain ( WEA ) , an anthology covering the career of Fleetwood Mac . |
| 7 | Westminster were presented with champagne and a trophy , Grant Parrott discovered muscles he never knew existed , Geoff Whalley paid up his bet to James Burford . |
| 8 | Even though he knew there was somebody else , Russell gave up his claim to anything so that he could see you , have you to stay with him , keep his daughter , and Imogen graciously agreed . ’ |
| 9 | Myeloski held up his hand to Duncan to silence him . |