Example sentences of "have [verb] up his [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her fury with the diabolical man nearly went into orbit , though , when , once more pinning his dark-eyed look on her , he drawled , ‘ Just hanging on to him while he 's good for the rent , is that it ? ’ and , having made up his mind to that , seemed not to require an answer . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He had made up his mind to be morally irresponsible this evening . |
| 4 | The son of a former officer in the Dragoon Guards , Captain Donald Swan , who still trains in Tipperary , Charlie obviously had racing in his blood and after leaving school at 15 he had made up his mind to be a jockey . |
| 5 | . ’ Gibbon had followed up his opposition to the girl by ‘ acts of personal hostility to me ’ . |