Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [verb] up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I also remind myself of the effect upon the plaintiff 's fathers career , of his decision to give up work in order to attend the plaintiff . |
| 2 | Throwing the conservationist traditions founded in the Roosevelt-Pinchot era out the window , Reagan ( and who can believe he was once the environmentally aware governor of California ? ) has declared war on environmentalists in his crusade to open up America 's natural resources to the developers . |
| 3 | His horse put up waterfowl and once disturbed a whole field of rabbits that scampered in panic towards the hedgerows . |
| 4 | Monaco shepherd Francis Clary , 45 , claims he was beaten up after his car held up Ducruet 's white Renault on the road outside Monaco , two years ago . |
| 5 | James Beck ( late of Dad 's Army ) was among his closest friends , while on the romantic side he almost got engaged to Yootha Joyce , got engaged to Justine Lord , and then finally , in the summer of 1963 , mid-way through his work setting up Doctor Who , got married to June Barry , soon to gain world-wide fame herself as one of the three leading ladies in Donald Wilson 's epic adaption of John Galsworthy 's The Forsyte Saga . |
| 6 | Outflanking Imelda Marcos , Cojuangco emerged as the leading right-wing opposition contender , continuing his campaign to build up support in the former Marcos bastions of northern Ilocos province and the Cagayan valley , and in the Mindanao and the crucial Visayas , estimated to represent some 21 per cent of the total vote . |
| 7 | It is much more his business to stir up curiosity than to insist on acceptances. , Pound as critic cuts the critic down to size ; which is , one may think , a pressing need , now , in 1984 . |
| 8 | Around 1834 his father took up business as a gilder and ormolu manufacturer in London . |
| 9 | If his lordship comes up Kath , our Bill |
| 10 | The American became bolder , his hand sliding up Caroline 's arm . |
| 11 | But Dehlavi takes his time getting up steam , leaving a good 20 minutes of surplus slack in these two hours . |
| 12 | Angel 's dating her and spends his time filling up Alejandro 's truck . |
| 13 | His mother gave up farming and he took things over . |