Example sentences of "he [verb] up [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The smudginess of the pastels had helped him cover up early errors . |
| 2 | She went past him gathering up unsevered clusters of candles which had been hung like fruit above a tank . |
| 3 | He has three seamstresses on tour with him to run up new outfits . |
| 4 | He got up six books of Euclid and algebra to simple equations … and … learned all the odes of Horace by heart . ’ |
| 5 | William Lambarde loved Halling and during his time here he built up good relations . |
| 6 | He caught up two laps before the end , Tambay 's brakes failed and Niki was home . |
| 7 | He woke up five days later in Mansfield General Hospital . |
| 8 | He conjures up compelling atmospheres and situations , but they leave us suspended , like his central image , because the controlling idea feels incomplete . |
| 9 | Well then he rung up few weeks ago and he said to June , we 'll need a car for a week . |
| 10 | He thrust up two fingers in triumph at the driver , an old man who was as indifferent as a waxwork . |
| 11 | He scooped up some pellets and pushed them into an empty flower pot , keeping his thumb over the hole in the bottom . |
| 12 | He started up twenty years ago , he could not have picked a better time . |
| 13 | He had forgotten all about Gina , as he usually did when he chatted up pretty girls . |
| 14 | He rang up ex-DPR dealers and said : " Come over to Stox . |
| 15 | He notched up five victories and was simply unstoppable . |
| 16 | ‘ He says I had the tools , the knowledge , the opportunity and the location , and he looked up those races I rode at Ascot and worked out that I could have had time between the first two and the last to drive to Maidenhead and remove Harry 's car . |
| 17 | For example , if the accused was reconnoitring a home preparatory to burglary , he may not be guilty of this offence if he picks up some ladders which he has found in the garden . |
| 18 | He rattled up three birdies on the final holes , to move into Palmer 's shadow with a four under-par 67 . |
| 19 | He held up empty hands . |
| 20 | He has a place in Cheltenham in England which he set up some years ago , and he also has a retreat in the French alps in St Claude , and his aim , apparently , is to de-program people who have been through religious sects such as Scientologists , Moonies and now the Hare Krishnas . |
| 21 | He ended up 200 miles off course and when the Salisbury beacon came in showing a 160 mile track error to the west , he realised he had been following a star ! |
| 22 | From here he could see the two talking men quite clearly , and he picked up various objects on display , looking at them quite interestedly , and keeping only half an eye on the scene outside . |
| 23 | Accordingly even though he picked up three loads there was only one appropriation because there was only one deviation . |
| 24 | He picked up some notes as well . |
| 25 | He picked up some biscuits . |