Example sentences of "he [be] [verb] up the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fairbrother 's doing , you know , he 's holding up the other |
| 2 | For the time being , he 's nailed up the back door , just in case anyone feels like trying again . |
| 3 | As he was scrambling up the steepest bit , pulling himself up by the bracken , he heard something . |
| 4 | He stroked firmly , looked over his right shoulder , stroked some more , looked over his left , then he was reversing up the stomach-churning Pipeline elevator . |
| 5 | He was ripping up the ruined linoleum . |
| 6 | He was wiring up the main hatch above the hold , in such a way that showed he was certainly not an electrician by trade , with the intention of giving a mild electric shock to anyone who might try to get into it . |
| 7 | He was shovelling up the broken glass on to a piece of cardboard . |