Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] him up [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You might raise him up as a devil . ’ |
| 2 | And I said the thing is , she 'll pick him up off the floor or she 'll pick him up out the basket and say if you do n't give me some money for some drugs I 'll chuck him on the floor ! |
| 3 | And I said the thing is , she 'll pick him up off the floor or she 'll pick him up out the basket and say if you do n't give me some money for some drugs I 'll chuck him on the floor ! |
| 4 | ‘ Maybe we could fix him up in the county home , ’ he said thoughtfully after some reflection . |
| 5 | He knew that in this berserk state those horns could open him up like a ripe melon . |
| 6 | Look what happened to Flaubert : a century after his death Sartre , like some brawny , desperate lifeguard , spent ten years beating on his chest and blowing into his mouth ; ten years trying to yank him back to consciousness , just so that he could sit him up on the sands and tell him exactly what he thought of him . |
| 7 | I had no intention of leaving Armstrong and had kept the engine ticking over as there was no way I could start him up in a hurry . |
| 8 | ‘ I used to wake him up in the night saying : ‘ I 'm never going to give you a baby — what 's wrong with me ? |
| 9 | When he was a lad they used to tie him up in the cellar , starve him for days and read the Bible to him as food for his soul . |
| 10 | That would set him up for a world title shot at the end of this year in Belfast . |
| 11 | That would set him up for a world title shot at the end of this year in Belfast . |
| 12 | Then when he 'd softened him up he would take him up to the sale and introduce him to the dealer he was touting for — on commission , of course . |
| 13 | He had pleaded with his mother not to make him go to school , but she had insisted , saying that she would pick him up at the end of the day and take him to the hospital , and that he was to ‘ keep busy ’ . |
| 14 | Maybe it would shut him up for a while . |
| 15 | If that was Zeno 's move too , Pascoe might intercept him ; if not , it would bottle him up in the boatyard . |
| 16 | It would pin him up against the nearest wall and try to eat his clothes , or chase him until his cries of fright attracted everyone 's amused attention . |
| 17 | Frank McAvennie , meanwhile , will today give his answer to the offer of a contract that will take him up to the end of the season and with the promise of a more substantial agreement if his progress is satisfactory . |
| 18 | Why do n't you come up here for a week or two and I 'll show you how to knit a string bag to put hubby in then you can hang him up with the onions . |
| 19 | Well you can pick him up on the way then could n't you ? |
| 20 | ‘ Perhaps we can cheer him up with the news that he 'll only be on the ward for a couple of days . |