Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [vb past] up the [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 picked up the phone believing it was an anniversary treat from her husband . |
| 5 | Rodgers and his wife built up the collection without the aid of a professional adviser , purchasing from dealers and at auction . |
| 6 | Once he was over the edge of extreme fatigue his brain drank up the language by the pint . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | His office took up the slack , but the witnesses had to travel for 30 hours by bus to get there . |
| 9 | 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 . |