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