Example sentences of "he [verb] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a warmth and a charm about him that made for easy relations with most people , even the press , and they helped him build up the confidence that was needed all round . |
| 2 | I 'm waiting on him picking up the machine . |
| 3 | A COLLEAGUE 'S 4½-year-old son has asked him to set up the video camera in front of the chimney on Christmas Eve to catch Santa on camera . |
| 4 | He joined the company in 1960 when asked him to set up the Company 's first electrical department . |
| 5 | ‘ And as she and Steve are together it 's not unlikely for him to pick up the phone if it rang . ’ |
| 6 | Although he was no relation to Charles , his surname had inspired him to pick up the pen . |
| 7 | I heard him pumping up the pressure and singing a folk song which began , ‘ We do n't smoke pot in Norwich City ’ . |
| 8 | I 'll phone my father-in-common-law and get him to look up the address the er postcode in his |
| 9 | Custodio , who had been in charge of his security , said during the trial that the former armed forces Chief of Staff , Gen. Fabian Ver , who left the Philippines with Marcos in 1986 , had instructed him to draw up the security plan for Benigno Aquino 's arrival . |
| 10 | Persistent ill health induced him to give up the surveyorship at Christ 's Hospital in January 1816 and that of the Bethlehem Hospital the following year . |
| 11 | A former bus driver , illness forced him to give up the DIAL office at Kingsley which he ran successfully for two years . |
| 12 | When Kemalpasazade presented himself to Hacihasanzade and requested that he be appointed to the Taslik ( Ali Bey ) medrese in Edirne which was then vacant , Hacihasanzade urged him to give up the thought of receiving a medrese and to accept an appointment to a kadilik instead . |
| 13 | She did not believe Labour was now the party of home ownership , strong defence and financial rectitude : ‘ If it 's that easy for the Labour leader to give up the principles in which he does believe , wo n't it be even easier for him to give up the principles in which he does not believe ? |
| 14 | In a personal attack on Mr Kinnock — a prime target for the Conservative counter-offensive — she added : ‘ If it 's that easy for the Labour leader to give up the principles in which he does believe , wo n't it be even easier for him to give up the principles in which he does not believe ? ’ |
| 15 | His quest for adventure led him to give up the business and sail around the world with a friend in 1980 — but disaster struck . |
| 16 | There was a receipt showing that after lack of money forced him to give up the flat , in 1989 , he bought a luxury caravan . |
| 17 | Kevin John Porter , 28 , was stopped by police in Commercial Street , Darlington , last summer after drinking with a friend who asked him to fill up the car . |
| 18 | Toby saw him take up the pile of wet flannel from beside the bath and chuck it at his face . |
| 19 | " He 's been shaking like this ever since he was sixteen years old , " the Keraing told us , " when he first had the experience which made him take up the profession . |
| 20 | It 's the only real explanation Tolby had for him starting up the divorce proceedings again . |
| 21 | His mother was a little surprised to see him coming up the garden path crying his eyes out just half an hour later . |
| 22 | Key was surprised when I asked him to clear up the controversy . |
| 23 | Often Hickey is besieged by fans who want him to turn up the vocals and they make their point forcibly . |
| 24 | Everyone watched him stride up the aisle towards the door at the back of the auditorium . |
| 25 | Sien 's mother had helped him sweep up the plaster littering the place . |
| 26 | I could hear him pick up the telephone and dial a number . |
| 27 | She saw him pick up the sweater her parents had bought her for her birthday , then carelessly throw it to one side . |
| 28 | She had her back to him when she heard him pick up the mug . |
| 29 | After a while he went out into the hall and I heard him pick up the thing that makes noises and which he talks into when there 's no-one here . |
| 30 | This will enable him to check up the elector 's signature , number and polling district letter or letters on the nomination paper . |