Example sentences of "[verb] up his [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | For while his victory certainly overturned the basic tenets of any horse race — he won because he was so far behind at the crucial moment — still he gained that victory by adapting to the circumstances which had suddenly presented themselves , by his jockey 's quick and skilful manoeuvring by his jockey , by jumping accurately and by keeping up his gallop to the end . |
| 2 | By mid-forenoon they could see Dunbar 's towers ahead ; and by noontide they were under the outer castle-bridge , with Ramsay shouting up his name to the watch and asking for the Countess Agnes . |
| 3 | He had made up his mind to be morally irresponsible this evening . |
| 4 | The son of a former officer in the Dragoon Guards , Captain Donald Swan , who still trains in Tipperary , Charlie obviously had racing in his blood and after leaving school at 15 he had made up his mind to be a jockey . |
| 5 | Her fury with the diabolical man nearly went into orbit , though , when , once more pinning his dark-eyed look on her , he drawled , ‘ Just hanging on to him while he 's good for the rent , is that it ? ’ and , having made up his mind to that , seemed not to require an answer . |
| 6 | Straining , successfully , to eradicate any trace of intelligence , Glaser pulls out every stop to rack up his movie to cloying extremes . |
| 7 | Westminster were presented with champagne and a trophy , Grant Parrott discovered muscles he never knew existed , Geoff Whalley paid up his bet to James Burford . |
| 8 | He needs an extra £100 000 to scale up his method to 10 litres — big enough for clinical trials . |
| 9 | well you know what he did , on Monday morning he was in the garage when he suddenly made up his mind to com to walk across to the paper shop to get a paper and he had n't got er a jacket or any thing on , all he got on was a pull over |
| 10 | ‘ Were a benighted inhabitant of Otaheite to feel the wretchedness of his present life , and lift up his soul to the god he worshipped as a supreme being … no doubt God would hear such a prayer . ’ |
| 11 | Tuppe craned up his head to the mighty hotel . |
| 12 | Former Spurs and England skipper Gary , 31 , had been prepared to give up his move to Japan . |
| 13 | Because however much we might be reassured by Parliament that Charles 's constitutional position will be unaffected by his separation , most of us believe that the Prince will finally have to give up his right to the throne — just as his Great Uncle did in the Abdication of 1936 . |
| 14 | He pulled up his chair to the fire , to enjoy his hot gin-and-water in comfort , and opened the newspaper . |
| 15 | but the young father has no intention of giving up his son to them . |
| 16 | . ’ Gibbon had followed up his opposition to the girl by ‘ acts of personal hostility to me ’ . |
| 17 | Or is he really planning to speed up his reaction to Gorbachev and Eastern Europe ? |
| 18 | One album that is sure to bridge the generation gap and be near the top of the charts by the time Santa hitches up his sleigh to Rudolph and friends is 25 Years — The Chain ( WEA ) , an anthology covering the career of Fleetwood Mac . |
| 19 | He did not mention that he was not thinking of taking up his invitation to the United States . |
| 20 | Then he turned to Shelley , and with a gesture that touched and surprised her by its gentleness , he put up his hand to her cheek . |
| 21 | Even though he knew there was somebody else , Russell gave up his claim to anything so that he could see you , have you to stay with him , keep his daughter , and Imogen graciously agreed . ’ |
| 22 | A brother of the Earl was MP for Bootle until 1910 , when he gave up his seat to Bonar Law after Law 's defeat in Manchester . |
| 23 | On the crowded train a man gave up his seat to Ianthe and she accepted it gracefully . |
| 24 | He wound up his reply to the delegation by saying that he had only put the £30,000 for the foundations into the estimates for the present session and would ask Scott for elevations in a different style . |
| 25 | He 'd open up his heart to her , explain how much he cared . |
| 26 | Former Wallaby scrum-half Brad Burke is certain to step up his campaign to be readmitted after a brief stint with Eastern Suburbs . |
| 27 | She was killed by PERSEUS when he held up his shield to her and she gazed at her own reflection . |
| 28 | Myeloski held up his hand to Duncan to silence him . |
| 29 | ‘ Do you know this face ? ’ said Isambard , turning Harry about in his hands to display him to them all , and taking him by the chin to jerk up his face to the light when he turned it haughtily aside . |