Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] up his [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With Rhianon she made up his first fan-club : but even so — as with all the others I talked to who came from Richard 's past — there was no ‘ soft soap ’ : sadness because he was gone — much of that — but no false sentiment . |
| 2 | Scorers for Timberland were Mike Travers , Ian Cain , Mark Scorey and Dave Evans-Turner who notched up his first ever goal . |
| 3 | The amnesty is particularly good news for Houghton , who picked up his second yellow card of the qualifying tournament in Malta last month and feared that he could miss the opening game in Italy . |
| 4 | The amnesty is particularly good news for Houghton , who picked up his second yellow card of the qualifying tournament in Malta last month and feared that he could miss the opening game in Italy . |
| 5 | He was already fifty-five years old when he took up his first corporate post , as technical director of C.A. Parsons , manufacturers of electrical generators , transformers and turbines . |
| 6 | In 1884 he took up his last post , as fellow of the Royal University of Ireland and professor of Greek and Latin at University College , Dublin . |
| 7 | NORTH-EAST haulage contractor Nigel Shield had good excuse to celebrate recently when he notched up his first victory on an international rally . |
| 8 | The following year he chalked up his fifth win , even though his horse broke a bridle strap and bolted just before the start . |
| 9 | He played only once in that series but was then brought back for the rubber in India and made a big impact , so that when he had Steele 's wicket at Headingley he chalked up his hundredth Test wicket in the record time of two years 144 days . |
| 10 | Jordan says he picked up his first guitar when he was four years old . |
| 11 | In 1983 he picked up his first ( and only ) Formula One world championship point in a Theodore-Ford in the United States Grand Prix ( West ) at Long Beach when he finished sixth . |