Example sentences of "he [verb] up [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To the very last he consulted his own common sense rather than the orders of his doctors whom he detested because they advised him to give up the roast meats that he loved . |
| 2 | And we 'd go across and I would help him to couple up the various coaches and that . |
| 3 | On the platform he picks up the local rumours . |
| 4 | Instead he summoned up the perennial fears on the East Bank of Israeli destabilisation and denounced what he said were Zionist plots to make Jordan a substitute homeland for the Palestinians . |
| 5 | When he was at home he had begun living at the School , where he boarded up the broken windows and had the chimneys cleaned . |
| 6 | He picked up the dry droppings and crumbled them in his hand . |
| 7 | ‘ My lipstick fell out of my bag , you see , and he trod on it — not on the carpet , thank heaven ! — so he picked up the mangled remains and asked if he could get me another . |
| 8 | Willie watched him in horror as he picked up the wriggling worms and put them inside the tin . |