Example sentences of "[vb -s] up to his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether he lives up to his promise as a future Tory leader may depend on his success in one of the hair shirt Government posts . |
| 2 | Sir Formal Trifle is a melancholy , po-faced rhetorician who will never use one short word if he can get his tongue round 50 long ones , while Sir Samuel Hearty hilariously lives up to his name . |
| 3 | International : The Comeback Kid lives up to his name again |
| 4 | And in the flesh he lives up to his image — at 58 he 's lean and fit , and with his tanned face and hallmark beard , he looks every bit the outdoor adventurer . |
| 5 | Goes up to his garage . |
| 6 | Mm he normally goes up to his son 's every six weeks . |
| 7 | He strode off the course , goes up to his room and says to Winnie ( Mrs palmer ) , ‘ Do n't unpack , honey ; we 're going home . ’ |
| 8 | He chuckled to himself as he drove , and had forgotten his worries by the time he had hauled two armfuls of grocery supplies up to his apartment . |