Example sentences of "he [was/were] [verb] [to-vb] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tessa could hear him breathing on the threshold outside for several minutes more , as if he were trying to summon up the courage to return and say something . |
| 2 | He must certainly see about spectacles ; it would be worse than anything if he were compelled to give up the reader 's position with Mr Lamprey . |
| 3 | Indeed , he was selected to carry up the bill of settlement to the Lords , and in 1702 piloted through Parliament a measure to attaint the pretender . |
| 4 | Where , in competition with the liquidator of an insolvent company , a creditor of the company was successful in obtaining a renewal of the certificate ( though he had neither right to , nor possession of , the premises in respect of which the certificate was granted ) and admitted that he held it in trust for the company 's creditors , he was ordered to deliver up the certificate to the liquidator : Wm . |
| 5 | He was persuaded to buy up the remaining freeholds of the Monico block in order to promote an acceptable redevelopment scheme ; this took shape as a podium , a tall block and a large advertisement panel . |
| 6 | I had no doubts that he was going to pick up the package . |