Example sentences of "he [vb past] [verb] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Nov. 23 former Vice-President Oginga Odinga announced that he planned to set up a political party , saying that an open political process was necessary to wipe out " political hooliganism and thuggery " . |
| 2 | He planned to dress up as each bride in turn and also as their murderer . |
| 3 | Does Steven stay to wrap up report he planned to wrap up before lunch or leave it till next day ? |
| 4 | Prosecution witness Isham Chandra Dutta said he agreed to set up a dummy gems company in Bombay , for a £20,000 fee , which included a mail message centre with false letterheads and invoices . |
| 5 | True to his belief in the efficacy of competition , he avoided building up an extensive chain of outlets , and preferred to thrive by vigorous marketing . |
| 6 | Gerard confined himself to documentaries and it was while making a 90-minute update on South Africa , Back On The Frontier , for ITV in 1986 , that he became fired up to press ahead again single-mindedly with the feature . |
| 7 | He was an experienced member of a well-drilled team , but was killed when he became tangled up with a colleague . |
| 8 | Bigwig he asked to bring up the rear . |
| 9 | He failed to live up to this amiable recipe , however , and there was considerable discussion of the issue , discursive rather than purposeful , before dinner . |
| 10 | However , he knew that if he failed to live up to it they would not take his word again . |
| 11 | If he failed to turn up , the Commissioner had the power to hear the plaintiff 's case only and give immediate judgement on it . |
| 12 | When he made The Dirty Dozen in 1967 , he failed to turn up to film the final scene , when he and Charles Bronson drive a huge weapons carrier across a bridge . |
| 13 | A warrant for his arrest was issued by Norwich County Court in August when he failed to turn up to his own bankruptcy hearing . |
| 14 | He failed to turn up in court at Milton Keynes , Bucks , charged with taking a car before a police chase . |
| 15 | He failed to turn up at all for one match , though discretion prevailed and that misdemeanour never got into the papers . |
| 16 | His predecessor made two cardinal mistakes , replied Mr Kravchuk : he formed a political alliance with Russia , and he failed to build up an independent army . |
| 17 | He had been made to work ridiculously hard , and had suffered a constant stream of abuse when he failed to come up to scratch . |
| 18 | If he failed to come up with explanations to put everything right then , and then only , would he have to face the consequences himself , for it was clear now that she would have to leave — disengage herself from him , as Marc had so succinctly put it — but she had given her word and she would wait until the whole matter could be discussed openly . |
| 19 | But he failed to follow up quickly enough after delivering a thumping right of his own in round four . |
| 20 | He failed to show up for the match amidst rumours that he had resigned as West Ham 's manager . |
| 21 | Entranced by the aphrodisiacs in his prawn cocktail , McAvennie began to visit his new girl every weekend , flying to the London nightlife and eventually provoking a dispute with Celtic manager Billy McNeill when he failed to show up for a Monday morning training session . |
| 22 | When he failed to show up by half past eight they did begin to wonder . |
| 23 | Then he was made redundant and started an apprenticeship in his father 's trade of toolmaking — until he got fed up with it . |
| 24 | VENTRILOQUIST Mike Dennett had a drink too many after he got fed up with listening to his wife Gladys . |
| 25 | The teacher used to come in and take him and he got fed up of it 'cause he could n't get on with his other work . |
| 26 | He does not see himself as having sold out ; he says he got fed up with magazine editors wanting throwaway images . |
| 27 | Eventually he got fed up and told them to stop bothering him and ignored their letters . |
| 28 | I used to have one but he got fed up of me using it so he cut plug off |
| 29 | Collects them and then he started pulling their heads off when he got fed up with them . |
| 30 | Heading south he got beaten up by the Miami cops for having long hair . |