Example sentences of "him up the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | A strong performance from Lionel Kerr in the G3 Escort has brought him up the leaderboard to third overall with Ken Graham ( Toyota Corolla ) and Jon Joannides ( Sierra Cosworth ) rounding off the top five . |
2 | Initially they both showed signs of running a mile and denying all knowledge , but by cunningly playing on their male pride , their desire to believe they were ‘ a better man ’ than their rival , she made each one mad with jealousy of the other , and finally had her pick of which she preferred , leading him up the aisle of the Methodist Chapel well before the bulge began to show . |
3 | K ! sdra squinted at him up the length of the sword . |
4 | We was there all one Sunday with a trace-horse , pulling him up the common with his slaughter-cart : dead cows and that . |
5 | Hazel turned towards it and the rest began to follow him up the slope in ones and twos . |
6 | My mother and I helped push him up the ladder into the attic ( not easy — he was no lightweight ) , and then passed up the bucket for him to quench the flames . |
7 | Tom helped him into his pyjamas , carried him up the ladder on his back and put him to bed . |