Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [vb infin] [vb pp] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Flowers , a surprise call-up a month ago when the squads for the World Cup double in Poland and Norway were announced , so much looked the part as Chris Woods 's stand-in that he may have leapfrogged up the goalkeeping queue . |
| 2 | The water really is n't that hot , usually , but my other one was fiddling with the boiler earlier — he must have turned up the thermostat . |
| 3 | Keep him from chasing younger birds — if he could 've summoned up the energy . |
| 4 | ‘ I doubt if he could have kept up the masquerade for that long . ’ |
| 5 | Had it not been for Pam 's voice cajoling him onward and upward , he would have given up the struggle . |