Example sentences of "his [noun pl] [verb] up a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A typical occasion was when Thornton used his contacts to set up a meeting between the paper and the trade-union-sponsored Unity Bank to borrow £10,000 to keep things going for now , and to test the water for the millions of pounds that would be needed in the future . |
| 2 | His words set up a buzz in Sylvie 's mind . |
| 3 | He was gnawed and pinched with cold ; the scabs on his knees showed up a bright purple because of the cold and his nose was red and raw-looking . |
| 4 | So far , his efforts to set up a maintenance fund for Bemersyde have met with limited success . |
| 5 | When he heard of his army 's defeat he proclaimed a huge mushroom feast and ordered his shamans to brew up a fresh batch of Mad Cap fungus liquor for the Fanatics . |
| 6 | As you know , Derek Jefferson is one of the sponsors of this week 's tournament and one of his ploys to drum up a bit more publicity is to arrange a tour of his factory . |
| 7 | For instance , a businessman could habitually send customers a typed standard contract and then negotiate on that , or , having had his lawyers draw up a special contract on one occasion , he could start to use this on subsequent occasions as if it were a precedent . |
| 8 | In the end Purvis and his records opened up a new world for me , starting on that very first dinner when we played Beethoven 's Archduke Trio , the one in B flat major , ‘ Opus 97 , ’ he added casually . |
| 9 | In 1951 , during the period of the Vietnamese uprising against the French colonial rule , he walked through his country 's rich tropical forests to China , where he and his colleagues set up a temporary university . |