Example sentences of "[to-vb] up his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Winston Churchill was to sum up his appraisal in a contemptuous phrase : ‘ He came , he saw , he capitulated . ’ |
| 2 | Smiling to herself , she began to write up his case , then , suddenly , she heard the bell ring at the door of the waiting-room . |
| 3 | JTR had chickened out and was travelling south - ‘ we saw the first snows fall before we left … ’ — to write up his chapter retrospectively on previous rambles in Skye , for some obscure reason . |
| 4 | One forced him to stand up his fiancée Mary Todd at their first planned wedding in 1841 . |
| 5 | Perhaps I would be able to conjure up his image while indulging myself with my pie and peas and a pint . |
| 6 | There was nothing more he could say : all that remained was to turn from her , pick up his bundle of clothes and hurry to catch up his father and Mr Bryant , who were already striding away down to the harbour . |
| 7 | One man managed to catch up his dog , but the other dog was well locked on to its hare . |
| 8 | Prom there he was to work up his cover as a rubber man and make the contacts that would get him into Germany . |
| 9 | For two weeks , while he worked with his people to patch up his earldom , Thorfinn heard no news he could trust . |
| 10 | He never got to clean up his act at the Betty Ford Clinic then bore us all stupid with tales of his past self-abuse . |
| 11 | That incident appears to be behind the decision by golf 's ‘ Wild Thing ’ to clean up his act , and he said last night : ‘ I will check into an alcohol rehabilitation unit and return to tournament play only when I am comfortable my life is in order . ’ |
| 12 | SOCCER bad boy Ian Jolosa , who was ordered by a judge to clean up his act by watching Gary Lineker videos , has been banned from the game for three years . |
| 13 | TOUGH Leicester defender Steve Walsh is planning to clean up his act after serving a three-match ban already this season . |
| 14 | FOOTBALL ‘ bad boy ’ Ian Jolosa is in trouble again … just days after a judge ordered him to clean up his act by watching Gary Lineker videos . |
| 15 | Finish , there was only one man , the sergeant , who had come out with us , and then went back to pick up his correspondence and what not . |
| 16 | Then she tumed to go to Simon 's house but half-way along the street she remembered that he had gone , with his mother , to pick up his Dad from the airport . |
| 17 | He flicked a speck from his lapel with a careless gesture , then he turned to pick up his briefcase . |
| 18 | He went back to tending his cows , and , looking at me as he bent down to pick up his bucket , he said , ‘ I am Monsieur Saulnier . |
| 19 | Breeze tenderly massaged the tip of her nose which had made contact with a button , while the man stooped to pick up his pipe . |
| 20 | He guessed that the mikes were near enough to pick up his discussion with Stevie and relay it to several million viewers . |
| 21 | He sent me there the other day to pick up his reading glasses . |
| 22 | He was just about to pick up his suitcase when there was a shout from the other end of the line . |
| 23 | How nice it was when we could leave the back door undone for the baker to put the bread on the table , the butcher to walk in and even put the meat in the pantry safe and the insurance man to pick up his money from the table . |
| 24 | He simply wished that he did n't have to contend with the unspoken supposition that the two of them were hiding up there on the Step and banging away like a couple of baboons , which he saw in the eyes of more than one person who wished him good morning when he went into town to pick up his mail . |
| 25 | Crawford stormed out and did not return for two weeks , and then only to pick up his mail . |
| 26 | Thereafter the truly experienced Phillips-watcher will know that he is to be found in the corner of the studio conducting a vehement argument with himself on the subject of whatever he just did n't tell you , and will shortly be sending an assistant back to pick up his hat . |
| 27 | He returned to pick up his account book and totted up some figures . |
| 28 | Travis , when she met him , looked as dreadful as he had when he 'd called to pick up his car yesterday . |
| 29 | The original line-up has also been reunited , drummer Mark Brzezicki rejoining after leaving in 1989 to pick up his career as a session drummer . |
| 30 | Stuck for the precise word , the Colonel made a small gesture with his right hand which then efficiently used the momentum to pick up his claret . |