Example sentences of "[noun sg] he [vb past] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Empress was in great beauty … the Emperor also looked very impressive , and when after the ceremony he held up the child in his arms to present him to the multitude , the enthusiasm was genuine and great . |
| 2 | When he caught up with the spectators following the last match he picked up the information that had filtered back through the crowd 's grapevine . |
| 3 | Sombre , though with a pacy , filmic sequencing he whipped up the orchestra to a marvellously stylish finale . |
| 4 | Despite the opposition of his father he took up the study of medicine , first at Leipzig University and then in Vienna , where his funds ran out , forcing him to take employment for a time with the Governor of Transylvania until he had accumulated sufficient money to continue his studies . |
| 5 | In the morning he picked up the van in Hilderbridge and drove to Jackley the long way round through Byss , having a newly upholstered chaise longue to deliver before he made the Jackley collection . |
| 6 | In a footnote he held up the Greek Doric style as the model for a reformed modern architecture . |
| 7 | When his mother knocked on the door he pulled up the sheet . |
| 8 | In fury he scooped up the gelatinous mess and hurled it at Fairbrother , who kicked him in the balls . |
| 9 | Sitting down opposite without a word he picked up the glass and emptied the contents down his throat . |
| 10 | When she returned with the money he brought up the matter of the dog's-tooth suit . |
| 11 | After a moment 's hesitation he picked up the receiver . |
| 12 | In the end he tore up the agreement in front of me . |
| 13 | It was n't brilliant oratory , no flowers of rhetoric à la Curzon , or subtle " nuances " à la Balfour , but it was good hard sound commonsense and the way he showed up the government was admirable . |
| 14 | Complying with her appeal , Dada abandoned his kedgeree and , sucking his moustache inwards always with him a sign of annoyance he picked up the viburnum , still with its precious burden , opened the bottom sash of a long window , and flung out the double butterfly as viciously as if it had been a slug in the salad . |