Example sentences of "him [verb] up the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Persistent ill health induced him to give up the surveyorship at Christ 's Hospital in January 1816 and that of the Bethlehem Hospital the following year . |
| 2 | When Kemalpasazade presented himself to Hacihasanzade and requested that he be appointed to the Taslik ( Ali Bey ) medrese in Edirne which was then vacant , Hacihasanzade urged him to give up the thought of receiving a medrese and to accept an appointment to a kadilik instead . |
| 3 | She did not believe Labour was now the party of home ownership , strong defence and financial rectitude : ‘ If it 's that easy for the Labour leader to give up the principles in which he does believe , wo n't it be even easier for him to give up the principles in which he does not believe ? |
| 4 | In a personal attack on Mr Kinnock — a prime target for the Conservative counter-offensive — she added : ‘ If it 's that easy for the Labour leader to give up the principles in which he does believe , wo n't it be even easier for him to give up the principles in which he does not believe ? ’ |
| 5 | Toby saw him take up the pile of wet flannel from beside the bath and chuck it at his face . |
| 6 | Everyone watched him stride up the aisle towards the door at the back of the auditorium . |
| 7 | John Lowe 's mental attainments at the age of 18 were so great that his father saw nothing incongruous in advising him to take up the law as a profession . |
| 8 | Chris Hani , chief of staff of MK , was not allocated a portfolio , pending a request by the SACP to release him to take up the post of deputy SACP general secretary full-time . |