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Example sentences of "he [vb past] up the [noun] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	‘ We were a player short and he made up the numbers for us . ’
2	When Kevin O'Reilly , who runs the only pharmacy in Ederney , returned to the province , he made up the product for one psoriasis victim .
3	He plunged up the embankment , taking a grateful breath of fresh air , then turned and extended a large imperative hand to Catherine Crane and pulled her up beside him .
4	He whipped up the back of her skirt , and kneaded the cheeks of her knickered bum with one enormous hand .
5	Sombre , though with a pacy , filmic sequencing he whipped up the orchestra to a marvellously stylish finale .
6	Graham asked casually as he zipped up the holdall .
7	But he got up the front of the line and he got the job .
8	In Monet 's The Gare Saint-Lazare pigment and cross-section analyses have shown how he built up the layers and how he achieved the dark tones using the bright colours of the impressionist palette ; no black was used .
9	He built up the textile , sugar and cement industries , he introduced electrification , and he embarked on a vastly ambitious railway across the country , linking the Persian Gulf to the Caspian .
10	A brilliant if at times eccentric leader , he built up the press from scratch into a respected publishing house , noted in particular for its work in the literary field , and in machine intelligence , now known as artificial intelligence .
11	Taking the roll of plaster from Sophie , Robert placed it in the water , then , pulling the broken limb out straight , he lined up the bones and set the arm .
12	When he phoned up the Scotland Yard Press Bureau the woman who answered said it was she who had fixed up Nicola 's first contact with the Drugs Squad .
13	A Chinaman was suffering terrible toothache , so he phoned up the dentist to make an appointment .
14	Is the Minister seriously saying that when he drew up the disposal scheme and the scheme for professional advice he had no consultation with the Secretary of State for Transport ?
15	He caught up the skirts of his robe and scurried after them .
16	With that he snatched up the bottle and flung it through the open window into the yard .
17	He snatched up the worm-cake and bit into it , forcing the bitter chocolate past the awful gagging in his throat .
18	But despite his willingness to collaborate with this tall , blond , handsome editor and publisher with his square , even teeth invariably clamped over fat Turkish cigarettes and whose ice-blue eyes sometimes narrowed as he weighed up the profit or nuisance value of a potential contributor , Vaughan regarded Lehmann critically , detecting mistrust and calculation behind the editor 's apparent kindness and friendliness .
19	He staggered up the gang-plank , waving goodbye to the policemen , and by the time the cameras were due to roll , he was in make-up and wardrobe ready for his first scene .
20	He dished up the casserole , and they ate in silence .
21	‘ The tree in the forest , where he sealed up the dybbuk … ’
22	So how did the work out because as far as I know the the riveter got the cash and then he divvied up the money between
23	I told him that when he came up the ramp he must accelerate on the throttle at speed so that he got the front wheel up in the air , so he would n't nosedive and hurt himself .
24	He came up the week before on his own but he played two rounds every day .
25	He came up the garden shouting something — they did not properly hear him .
26	When he woke up the music was still there .
27	So when he woke up the donkey was looking at him .
28	He filled up the doorway with his uneasy bulk and there was defiance in his eyes .
29	I 've been with my father when he measured up the stack .
30	When I told him I could not come he turned up the collar of his coat and walked away , looking at the pavement beside the unlit shop windows , hands deep in his pockets , and passed into the night going towards the Bridge of Three Eyes .