Example sentences of "he [verb] up [art] long " in BNC.

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1 He strolled up the long arcade , pausing frequently to peer in shop windows at the expensive goodies .
2 Thinking of the crystal spaces , the lines of Kubla Khan unfolded naturally before him as he dawdled up the long terrace of decaying houses .
3 So he took up the longest and sharpest , wrapping its hilt round in his leather apron , and waited .
4 SE5as do not , ’ he brought up a long , curling belch , ‘ wobble . ’
5 In his anger and frustration , he picked up a long , curved clothes brush and banged it down hard on the surface of the table .
6 He picked up a long knife .
7 Then he picked up a long poker from the fireplace and had it like a rifle when he played the tape again .
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