Example sentences of "he [verb] up with the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can not imagine him putting up with the committee which apparently advised Elizabeth II in 1960 to buy an all too committee-like selection of modern artists — Nolan , Lowry , Hitchens , Davie — chosen , one suspects , so that none of the great men felt left out . |
| 2 | When I was a lad a man went in the ar , he hooked up with the army if he 'd got no trade and no hope |
| 3 | He caught up with the pair when they stopped to change getaway cars . |
| 4 | She stole a look at him ; he was looking grimmer by the minute — he would n't show any mercy once he caught up with the culprits . |
| 5 | The old man had set off too and as he caught up with the cart he looked up at the fuming totter . |
| 6 | When he caught up with the spectators following the last match he picked up the information that had filtered back through the crowd 's grapevine . |
| 7 | He stands up with the assistance of the therapist : he may do his trousers up while the therapist makes sure he remains properly aligned and upright , or the therapist may fasten the trousers while the patient concentrates on standing and balancing . |
| 8 | In terms of Greater York and its th the York greenbelt I think it 's true to say that er some time ago when David Kaiserman of Manchester did research on greenbelts he came to the view , or he came up with the conclusions from his questionnaires that he sent round , and that study was done , must be ten , fifteen years ago or more , that greenbelts should endure unchanged for at least twenty years , and probably in excess of thirty , and those were the responses of county planning and other major planning authorities at that time , that view if anything has hardened , the public view would be way beyond thirty years . |
| 9 | He ends up with the non-voice of Mark Knopfler but given that gentleman 's sales figures ( Dire Straits ' Brothers In Arms was the UK 's best-selling album of the 1980s ) Geldof will hardly complain about the comparison . |
| 10 | He warms up with the march-past of the Brigade of Guards , before wheeling out his spitfire , moving on to jet fighters and finishing , if he 's in a good mood , with dogfights and acrobatics . |
| 11 | This was to be the visit on which he linked up with The New York Dolls . |
| 12 | Roxburgh 's point on the subject of Ferguson 's fledgling status was well made , too , but even he finished up with the impression that nobody was listening to him at yesterday 's press conference . |
| 13 | Every day John and his mum go over his schoolwork to make sure he keeps up with the rest of the class . |
| 14 | He kept up with the play very well . ’ |
| 15 | He connected up with the wave again another twenty-five feet down , but lost his footing and fell . |
| 16 | Stoically he put up with the complaints of his wife , Elsie . |
| 17 | Incidentally , has he come up with the goods yet ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ We ‘ ave to go after that German and kill ‘ im before he catches up with the captain . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ That this deal he set up with the Iranians through Nadirpur — part of the arrangement was that Philippe be released — in return for French arms . ’ |
| 20 | If Kim does as I wish — if he comes up with the answers I want — then I will tear up this document . |