Example sentences of "he [verb] up [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Deteriorating eyesight compelled him to give up painting in 1975 , but he lived to see the beginning of a major revival of his reputation . |
2 | When blindness compelled him to give up farming in 1966 he learned Braille and carried on with his public duties , being much in demand as a witty public speaker . |
3 | He lays down the only terms on which it is possible for him to take up residence with his people . |
4 | As Keith explained , it was not any easier for him to take up employment with the RAF because his father had been a career forces man . |
5 | As was so often the case , he sucked up nourishment from books he happened to be reading , finding parallels in the lives of characters to his own dilemmas and solutions . |
6 | He rose up light in the stirrups , He scarce could reach her hand , but she loosened her casement , his face burnt like a brand . |
7 | He took up rowing in a wherry , and finally worked up to a single shell . |
8 | Panofsky , who was Professor of art history at Hamburg University from 1926 to 1931 , was one of the many German intellectuals that were lost to Germany when he took up residence at the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study in 1935 , having been forced to leave in 1933 . |
9 | From Norfolk Louis-Napoleon travelled to Philadelphia and then New York , where he took up residence in the Washington Hotel , Broadway . |
10 | Interned when the government declared martial law in December 1981 , but released 11 months later , he took up employment at the shipyard in the spring of 1983 and in October of that year was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize . |
11 | The plaintiff , B , entered into an agreement with Mirror Group Newspapers on 3 June 1988 that if he took up employment with Pergamon Media Trust , he would receive from MGN a sum of money in certain circumstances . |
12 | And one of the main reasons why Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke chose Milton Keynes as the first police station to visit since he took up post in April . |
13 | A year after he took up office at the College , Moynihan began a group portrait of the staff of the Painting School . |
14 | Mahmud may have bought time for himself , but he stored up trouble for his successors . |
15 | ( Interestingly , he gave up athletics for one year after leaving school — and the influence of teachers — because ‘ there was no one to say , ‘ go into this and I 'll help you do it . ’ ’ |
16 | I mean he gave up work for a long time did n't he ? |
17 | He gave up motorcycling in 1929 when his love of cars got the better of him . |
18 | He gave up training in 1892 , and his son Tom Cannon took over the Danebury stable . |
19 | Brooklyn born , he gave up academia in the 70 's to work in theatre and write plays . |
20 | It follows , in my opinion , that the servant may , whilst in the employment of the master , be as agreeable , attentive , and skilful as it is in his power to be to others with the ultimate view of obtaining the benefit of the customers ' friendly feelings when he calls upon them if and when he sets up business for himself . |
21 | He set up shop as a publisher and on 26 August 1594 married Jayne Vrique ; a son , Isaac , was baptized on 19 April 1595 ; three other children , Thomas , Joan , and Alice , figure in his will . |
22 | At the age of 22 he set up shop in Sweeting 's Alley , which was near the Royal Exchange . |
23 | He set up business on his own in 1772 . |
24 | And he set up house for her in a bungalow further along the river , in a nice secluded part . |
25 | The definition of " new tenant or occupier " is discussed in Chief Constable of Tayside v. Angus District Licensing Board , 1980 S.L.T. ( Sh.Ct. ) 31 where it is held that " new " refers to both tenant and occupier and that at 32 " we are dealing with the removal of the licensee , when he yields up possession to a new tenant or a new occupier/occupant " . |