Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [vb past] up [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When his coolie picked up the shafts and broke into his loping stride , Joseph found he could n't look at the narrow , sweat-streaked shoulders bobbing in front of him without seeing the bleeding welts caused by the French colon 's cane . |
| 2 | To the general surprise , the March — it was worked on by Harvey Postlethwaite , now at Ferrari and one of a handful of the really bright ones — proved an effective foil for Hunt 's driving style : Hunt qualified ninth and was running sixth when his engine gave up the ghost . |
| 3 | The commander , above , and his crew raced up the Rock of Gibraltar to help Janet 's Team-Up appeal . |
| 4 | His wife gave up a £20,000-a-year job as an occupational therapist to look after their child , now aged four . |
| 5 | His wife picked up the phone believing it was an anniversary treat from her husband . |
| 6 | Rodgers and his wife built up the collection without the aid of a professional adviser , purchasing from dealers and at auction . |
| 7 | His head popped up a second later . |
| 8 | Soon afterwards his father took up a post as superintendent with the Electric Telegraph Company in London . |
| 9 | Two years later he returned home to help his father set up a nursery , but the venture was unsuccessful . |
| 10 | His voice moved up a register , from baritone to tenor , and it was tinged with irritation for the first time that evening . |
| 11 | The Presbyterian ministers who occupied most of the Church 's livings , however , even before his arrival set up a committee to draw up a list of the objectionable features in his works ; their report , which condemned him as a heretic for denying Original Sin , was sent to the King . |
| 12 | Once he was over the edge of extreme fatigue his brain drank up the language by the pint . |
| 13 | In writing with this frankly propagandist aim — to focus on Jesus Christ — the disciple was bring faithful to the remarkable way in which his Master summed up the purpose of all Scripture . |
| 14 | It was normal for a boy to start at 45 at age 14 , and for the next four years his pay went up a shilling a year . |
| 15 | His office took up the slack , but the witnesses had to travel for 30 hours by bus to get there . |
| 16 | The rest of his party brought up the rear , baiting and goading Ranulf , who gave as good as he got with a stream of obscene English oaths . |