Example sentences of "[pron] up and [vb base] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later , people would come along , dig him up and remove him to a more permanent resting place where the vicar would say a few words and it would all be over , except for those who remembered him . |
| 2 | And when they came to wake him up and get him ready for breakfast to feed him at six o'clock , he was gone . |
| 3 | This was to sharpen him up and get him fitter apparently . |
| 4 | He 's very friendly toward people and usually lets anyone pick him up and stroke him , even when he 's eating . |
| 5 | ‘ So many times I 've just wanted to pick him up and take him home . |
| 6 | And I also said that Dr Kemp had n't turned up at the railway station when they 'd arranged for a taxi to pick him up and take him — ’ |
| 7 | If anyone still has his number , they can ring him up and tell him so . |
| 8 | Now that she knew for certain that she could n't marry him , her first impulse was to call him up and tell him so . |
| 9 | I heard you both the other day raising your voices , I think you stir him up and lead him on . |
| 10 | David used to get drunk and on many occasions I had to pick him up and carry him home from London , absolutely pissed out of his brain . |
| 11 | You know what it 's like to bear a child and bring him up and see him leave you and go to the other side of the world , knowing you 'll not see him again ? |
| 12 | ’ Well , look , spruce him up and send him in . |