Example sentences of "up [prep] him [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In February '91 Tony started an essay on Arafat , ‘ I hooked up with him on two different occasions , over the course of a couple months , trying to do a photo-essay on him ; which was probably the most ridiculous thing to do the first time out of the box for a while — talk about a third-rate Keystone kops movie , with me as the star ! ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Why you took up with him on this unlikely enterprise . ’ |
| 3 | In the half-light that was not yet day , roadside trees could conceal could even be — the dreaded pursuers , caught up with him at last . |
| 4 | You went to find him — did n't you ? — for his creditors have caught up with him at last . |
| 5 | When I finally caught up with him at Crazy Joe 's Plantation Village , he was in a resigned mood . |
| 6 | No doubt Morse will feel the need for more than a tipple when his past catches up with him in that new series starting tonight at 8.00 p.m. here on Central . |
| 7 | Amusement bubbled up in him at this tiny little thing with her hands planted firmly on her hips presuming to tell him what he was going to do . |
| 8 | who 's probably the orthodox first at position a yard or two behind Jack Russell and Gooch is probably a yard in front of Jack Russell at second slip and Lewis a foot or two up on him at third . |
| 9 | ‘ Do you have any idea what I felt like when I saw you facing up to him with that silly little blade in your hand ? |
| 10 | Aung San awakened a martial spirit amongst the Burmans , and the young men looked up to him with intense loyalty . |
| 11 | He also knew that the next few minutes could lose what chance had so miraculously delivered up to him at long last . |
| 12 | So we looked up to him like that . |
| 13 | I think Jane , nobody , he 'd not had a woman stand up to him like that before |
| 14 | She gazed up at him through dazed , unfocused eyes . |
| 15 | Adam 's voice held a sharp note of concern and she looked up at him through dazed eyes , almost surprised to see him still standing there . |
| 16 | His voice was raggedly urgent , and she gazed up at him through cloudy , unfocused eyes . |
| 17 | She looked up at him through thick dark lashes . |
| 18 | She sniffed and looked up at him through tear-filled eyes . |
| 19 | For a moment she stared up at him through glistening eyes , soothed by his hands and the deep sound of his voice . |
| 20 | Jenna could not understand his attitude and looked up at him with wide , puzzled eyes . |
| 21 | She looked up at him with wide grey eyes , her lips parted softly , and he tightened her to him , his hand gripping the long , wet hair darkened further by the water . |
| 22 | His brother looked up at him with mild interest . |
| 23 | Jenna looked up at him with tear-drenched eyes and he wiped them almost absently , his mind clearly in the past . |
| 24 | She just looked up at him with bewildered eyes and he put her firmly away , turning to launch himself into the water . |
| 25 | She caught his arm , her fingers biting into the soft wool of his suit jacket as she glared up at him with angry eyes . |
| 26 | It was only by an act of supreme will that she was finally able to wrench her mouth from his to look up at him with angry , blazing eyes . |
| 27 | She looked up at him with enormous grey eyes , tears still streaming down her cheeks . |
| 28 | There had been a series of photographs showing Adam with a series of women , each one more gorgeous than the last , and each one looking up at him with undisguised adoration . |
| 29 | ‘ I never would have thought — ’ she said , at last , peeping up at him with dazed eyes . |
| 30 | She gazed up at him in stunned silence . |