Example sentences of "[that] he [verb] up a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He liked the Latin name so much that he made up a sort of rhyme about it and chanted this as he went upstairs : |
| 2 | One of the best descriptions of the landscape of Madeira is that given by White and Johnson ( Madeira. : Its Climate and Scenery , 1860 ) : ‘ When Columbus was asked by Queen Isabella to give her some notion of the configuration of Jamaica , it is said that he took up a sheet of paper , and after crushing it in his hand , partly opened it out ; then placing it on the table , he told her Majesty that she would derive a better idea of the island from the crumpled paper than from any description conveyed in words . |
| 3 | It 's a problem that so enraged Martin Cutts of Words at Work that he took up a challenge to rewrite one . |
| 4 | The hesitant middle-aged gentleman who was brave enough to join a keep fit class later found himself confident enough to join the neighbouring management training and business start-up class , and grew in confidence and ability to the extent that he opened up a new business . |
| 5 | ‘ YOU 'VE got to get rid of the males , ’ David Gardner said with such fierce determination that he conjured up an image of concentration camps for male hops in remote parts of Kent . |
| 6 | The advice given is , and I quote , ‘ I would recommend to any amateur painter that he put up a large sign in his studio or room . |
| 7 | I only know that he turned up a few hours after the accident and got into some row with the head copper . |
| 8 | Ginger 's greatest single claim to fame is that he set up a record for an inside-forward that has never been beaten at our club , when he scored five goals in the game against Southend at The Palace on 25 September 1909 . |
| 9 | In fact it was at this time just as the United States was beginning to take up his Girls that he set up a school there . |