Example sentences of "up his [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | adding up his bill without reference to the innkeeper ; in other words , leaving vital factors out of account . |
| 2 | With an eye on the election in 1995 , this latest action bears all the hallmarks of a bid to shore up his position with support from the land-hungry peasants in the countryside . |
| 3 | Hoping as always to avoid trouble , the Goldsmiths decided to require the new Schoolmaster to be examined before being appointed ; this was duly done , and Joseph Whittle , a graduate of Brasenose College , Oxford , took up his position with effect from 28th September . |
| 4 | Col. Abubakar Dada , seconded from the Nigerian army , arrived in Banjul on Aug. 4 to take up his position as commander of the national army of The Gambia , succeeding Col. Momodou Ndow Njie , who resigned following demands by his forces for his removal ; there was no formal defence treaty between The Gambia and Nigeria . |
| 5 | The chief priest of their idolatrous worship also took up his stand in front of the pagans , on a high mound , and like Balaam , attempted to curse the people of God , and to bind their hands by means of his magical arts . |
| 6 | My reporting for the Times-Herald under the avuncular guidance of Fred Workman ran the whole spectrum of events , incidents and activities : I spent days at the annual Wild West Rodeo and Stampede absorbing as much of the cowboy lingo as possible ; I acted as Master of Ceremonies for a fox trot competition sponsored by Cal Temple and Trudie , his business-like wife ; I interviewed all visiting celebrities including MacKenzie King , the Prime Minister , and R.B. Bennett , the Leader of the Opposition in Ottawa ; I interviewed Jimmy Gardiner as Minister of Agriculture , after he gave up his post as Premier of Saskatchewan ; I covered celebrity concerts and the annual Chatauqua programmes , among many other things . |
| 7 | On Jan. 5 , 1990 , full civilian rule was restored when Rabuka gave up his post as Minister of Home Affairs and returned to barracks as head of the armed forces [ see p. 37189 ] . |
| 8 | Rudolf Bing , the director of the festival , was then about to take up his post as director of the Metropolitan Opera in New York . |
| 9 | Sidonius depicts the scheme as madness ; nevertheless he maintained his friendship for Arvandus , and he may even have given up his office of prefect of the City of Rome in order not to be involved in sentencing his friend . |
| 10 | Tip gave up his job as clubmaker in 1956 because he thought caddying would pay more . |
| 11 | Fifty year old Douglas Hewitt took up his job as Principal of the Parklands Childrens Home in Whitminster ten years ago . |
| 12 | ALLAN CAMPBELL , who takes up his appointment of director of coaching and development with the Scottish Badminton Union on Monday , will have the chance to run his eye over the top players when seven Scots compete in the All England Championships on 15-20 March . |