Example sentences of "he [vb -s] up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He turns up the Holloway Road , with its rows of pubs for men a long way from home . |
| 2 | But this may be the grandest folly yet : a totally unsympathetic character ( a man as hard to empathize with as Mick Hucknall , whose ‘ Money Too Tight to Mention ’ graces the second commercial ) in unbelievable situations , doing ridiculous things with no discernible connection to beer at all ( unless , of course , he 's drunk when he tears up the plans , gets fired , breaks back into the offices and holds the board at gunpoint while he sells their cars ) . |
| 3 | He heads up the Insurance Ombudsman Bureau ( phone 071–928 4488 ) , which was set up in 1981 and which provides an independent service for the resolution of disputes between personal insurance policyholders and holders of unit trusts , and companies that belong to the scheme . |
| 4 | He says up the A one left at Catterick . |
| 5 | Dempsey , oh , cos by the wall , right , and you know how he digs up the floor |
| 6 | He fills up the streams and the paths , like veins |
| 7 | He fills up the mirror , he fills up the cup |
| 8 | He fills up the rivers he fills up the roads , like tentacles |
| 9 | When he fills up the gaps within the five hundred and twelve row blocks he gets . |
| 10 | He fills up the sea |
| 11 | He fills up the rivers he fills up the roads , like tentacles |
| 12 | He fills up the evening and the morning , they darken |
| 13 | He fills up the mirror , he fills up the cup |
| 14 | Roger North , the young Surrey allrounder , is the hero , with strong love interest , and a climax to tempt film-makers as he climbs up the gasholder at The Oval with the villain . |
| 15 | He scoops up the ball and sees John 's dad a hundred feet away . |
| 16 | Then , with delicate movements of his webbed hind feet , toes distended so that they form a fan , he gathers up the eggs and gently spreads them over the female 's back . |
| 17 | With his loyal wife Rita and wild child Jacqueline , he loads up the family Trabi ( affectionately known as George ) and hits the road to the southern sun , leaving his bemused neighbours behind . |
| 18 | Keeping him in overnight was just a precautionary measure because of his age and past history , but I do n't see why he should n't go , provided he keeps up the antibiotics . |
| 19 | He takes up the story after the birth in Bethlehem with the arrival of the wise men from the east . |
| 20 | He takes up the story : |
| 21 | Invited to join the King , with his companions the Chancellor Colonel Sapt and his aide-de-camp Fritz von Tarlenheim , on the ruler 's last night of freedom before he takes up the burden of the Crown , Rassendyll is conveniently available to step in when the monarch collapses , drugged by wine presented by his jealous brother Black Michael . |
| 22 | Secrett has refused to comment on his plans until he takes up the post . |
| 23 | Murphy rejects the first , accepts the second and does not actually consider the third at all ! in fact it is probably the key , since in an earlier part of his discussion he opens up the possibility of interpreting not only into ASL ( or BSL ) but also into a manual English form . |
| 24 | On arrival , he opens up the briefcase to reveal his personal transport . |
| 25 | He tosses up the Clothes with a barbarous swing over his Shoulders , disorders the whole Economy of my Bed , leaves me half naked , and my whole Night 's Comfort is the tuneable Serenade of that wakeful Nightingale , his Nose . |
| 26 | He slithers up the slope where he first came down . |
| 27 | He tots up the maths in his head — five units for last year 's domestic season and the World Cup , a unit each for 1992 's five domestic tests , two more for the venture to South Africa and four for the major tour of Ireland and Wales . |
| 28 | The scarecrow , he sweeps up the shop floor , And the Lion helps everyone he meets . |
| 29 | With partner Griff Rhys Jones , 38 , he sends up the squeegee pirates from hell — the fast operators who jump out armed with a bucket and sponge and cover your screen in soap suds while you 're stuck at traffic lights . |
| 30 | When the divers return , he coils up the umbilicals . |