Example sentences of "[pers pn] [to-vb] up the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They are trying to sling mud at me to cover up the defeat by Peru , ’ he said , rising to his own defence and pointing a brave if belated finger back at the SFA . |
| 2 | ‘ Let's hope he does n't want you to hobble up the aisle with a leg in plaster . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Everyone told me to give up the womanising at my age . ’ |
| 4 | They had gunpowder and very sophisticated engineering devices well before the west , but one can document the fact that the Chinese gave up science , rather dramatically , erm in subsequent centuries , simply because they lost faith that there was any underlying order in nature to be discovered , that it was their background religion and philosophy which led them to give up the idea of unravelling the structure of the universe . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | John Lowe 's mental attainments at the age of 18 were so great that his father saw nothing incongruous in advising him to take up the law as a profession . |
| 8 | Chris Hani , chief of staff of MK , was not allocated a portfolio , pending a request by the SACP to release him to take up the post of deputy SACP general secretary full-time . |
| 9 | I waited for her to bring up the subject of Graham 's murder because I knew she would have been very upset . |
| 10 | Used it to patch up the hole in our roof . |
| 11 | We are not in the business of expecting other people who can ill afford it to pick up the cost of a single person 's discount for the rich . |
| 12 | ‘ And if you have a particularly cold bathroom you can also use it to warm up the room before your shower or bath . ’ |
| 13 | My wife and I are staying at the Danieli , but she 's not been feeling well and urged me to take up the offer of an observer 's seat here . ’ |