Example sentences of "[v-ing] up [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | And there is also irony in the way Pip treated Magwitch ; loathing him and not bearing to touch him and ending up loving him and holding his hand in court . |
| 2 | He 's good looking , a brilliant actor and the producers are lining up to give him work . |
| 3 | Irina , on the other hand , seemed to get on well with Pat , going up to see him with Alison . |
| 4 | With the ground rushing up to meet him , Mr Gorbachev must decide between the revolution he grew up believing in and the welfare of the people in whose name that revolution was made . |
| 5 | Suddenly the ground was racing up to meet him . |
| 6 | ‘ In which case I do n't suppose you desperately want to join the crowd of people currently queueing up to tell him how wonderful he was ? ’ |
| 7 | He remembered falling , and the deck coming up to hit him , which brought back the sensation — although it had n't done so at the time — of the moment just before the torpedo hit Lanark . |
| 8 | ‘ Boo ! ’ she cried , jumping up to frighten him . |
| 9 | When he goes inside , he sees the local grocer with a rather oily expression on his face bustling up to offer him one shiny little book containing a liturgy which neither of them understands , and one shabby little book containing corrupt texts of a number of religious lyrics , mostly bad , and in very small print . |
| 10 | ‘ I was just thinking how much I love you , ’ she answered truthfully , stretching up to kiss him . |
| 11 | He watched her hurry away from him as though she was terrified he was going to say more , and then the sounds of his orchestra tuning up took him through into the pit . |