Example sentences of "he [vb -s] up [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he turns up next week his trousers 'll be about three inches above his shoes . |
| 2 | He holds up each man 's hand . |
| 3 | this lad was , now he was , coming in the bar , he sat just as you come in the door and then he moved to that long thing where we sit , well I go at the bar and Jackie was sat there Jackie , I said time to be social , no I cos I laugh , I were laughing me head off me and he 's jabbering away move like that , his arms moving you know , then he sets off to sing , well , la , la and Johnny said shut up I know Johnny put his glass of beer on the next table to ours and sets off to see Mickey , then he stands up this lad sit down you , must have thought for his beer , I think he was like , I says to Jack I says er you want to put his trousers is all undone , you know sat and his trousers what and his jumper , so our Johnny went he said get that covered up and , but he pulled it down like that , and now he took 'em out he walked through the door and his trousers were falling down but |
| 4 | But all that happens at the end is that he wakes up one morning , goes outside , gets into a balloon and takes off . ’ |
| 5 | He wakes up one morning and realises he 's been an idiot . |
| 6 | He wakes up one morning and though he does n't know it , he must suspect it — the party 's over . |
| 7 | Cos when he wakes up this morning bright as a lark . |
| 8 | He conjures up compelling atmospheres and situations , but they leave us suspended , like his central image , because the controlling idea feels incomplete . |
| 9 | Yeah have you seen when he blows up that guy ? |
| 10 | It seems that every time Robin sets sail in his venerable old craft he picks up some award or other . |
| 11 | For example , if the accused was reconnoitring a home preparatory to burglary , he may not be guilty of this offence if he picks up some ladders which he has found in the garden . |
| 12 | He picks up any woman of the town . |
| 13 | The nine-year-old has been a fine servant for trainer David Nicholson and , although a few pounds below the very best over two miles , he picks up enough prize-money each year to comfortably pay his oats bill . |
| 14 | No child to save the marriage , so he sets up some fishing straight away instead . |
| 15 | He sucks up fine scree ( loose stones ) , gravel , plant debris and wild flower seeds from the top of Gop Cairn in Trelawnyd . |