Example sentences of "he [adv] [verb] up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His career had an extraordinary culmination when he eventually turned up in Scotland and was appointed Royal Printer to James VI , afterwards James I of England . |
| 2 | For just an instant she seemed to see right into his eyes , past the protective barrier that he instinctively put up against intruders . |
| 3 | He only glances up at the television occasionally , as he is intent on finishing these as quickly as possible in order to give himself ti me to write a letter home to his wife . |
| 4 | Was he so wrapped up in his beautiful secretary that it blinded him to everything ? |
| 5 | Then he suddenly went up on his toes and both hands flashed out and clipped me on both cheeks . |
| 6 | I could tell you that the eyes were so beautiful they could actually make you feel giddy when he suddenly looked up from the floor and straight at you . |
| 7 | The weight of Garvey on his narrow , bony shoulders , combined with the close fit of the donkey-head , seemed to cause him some distress , because he suddenly reeled up against a wall and snatched off the head . |
| 8 | To support himself and his wife , Edith , he daily gets up at 2.30am to work at Richmond bakery . |
| 9 | he we wanted to her get off he just ran up to this erm , ladder and she just grabbed onto him , he just pulled it away . |
| 10 | He just goes up to her cage and stands there , hardly even looking at her , and she quietens down quick as anything . ’ |
| 11 | When he brought her back he just drew up in front of the villa , jumped out , opened door , kissed hand , ‘ Bon soir , Madame , ’ and he was off . |
| 12 | Of course being nervous he often drank a little too much , so that when he finally looked up at the end of the night it would be with something like desperation , a fear that no one was going to ask him to leave with them ; but the way he looked at you also meant that you knew he would never say no , if you did ask . |
| 13 | He finally caught up with her about thirty yards away from the pond . |
| 14 | I 've been trying to get through to him in New York for weeks , and when he finally shows up in the office I 'm covered in green face-mask . |
| 15 | Instead of trying to walk , doggy paddle , Heathcliffe always tried to climb out of the water ; hence , he generally ended up on his back , legs lashing away hopelessly , until disappearing under the surface . |
| 16 | Relying upon authority rather than cultivating widespread support , he soon came up against resistance from those who detected a tampering with the basic fabric of Orthodoxy . |
| 17 | His knowledge of the Bible was minimal but he soon made up for it . |
| 18 | Mr. F.J. Norris , the Head of Modern Languages , had first come to the School , on teaching practice , in 1933 , and returned in January 1934 as Form Master of Junior A. He soon moved up into the Senior School . |
| 19 | Why does he not face up to his responsibility and see that adequate compensation is given to the people who suffered so badly during that development ? |
| 20 | Mm he normally goes up to his son 's every six weeks . |
| 21 | at eight and he still get up at seven |
| 22 | Is he still putting up with you ? |
| 23 | does he always end up with a summing in , summing up ? |
| 24 | With reference to real , external time , by day 9 of the experiment he was acting like a night-worker , even though he always go up at what he called 0800 and then ate breakfast . |
| 25 | He always comes up with the goods on the day . ’ |
| 26 | And he always comes up with an answer . |
| 27 | He was rather like a 12-inch gun with no gunlayer ; he always turned up to meetings late and disoriented , although he had a middle-aged secretary who used to follow him about with his diary and try to keep him in line . |
| 28 | He was n't the prettiest sight you would see on a golf course but , since he always turned up at the practice ground the following morning more or less on time and more or less clean-shaven , it was obvious that he patronised his own circuit of cheap guesthouses . |
| 29 | He always puts up with Lennie , and is there whenever Lennie is feeling ashamed or unwanted and produces his ‘ I could just go to the hills and ’ I could find a cave , and pet mice ’ speech . |
| 30 | Now he hardly glanced up at the dressing-gowned figure standing at the door . |