Example sentences of "he [vb -s] up a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gradually he builds up a collection of all sorts of different books and reads them secretly at night while his wife sleeps . |
| 2 | He holds up a cricket bat . |
| 3 | He holds up a stick for all to see . |
| 4 | He holds up a wooden multi-coloured fish . |
| 5 | ‘ But this girl , this woman , she 's a woman , Laura , when we make love she puts her ’ — he holds up a finger — ‘ straight up my asshole . |
| 6 | ‘ Allie 's a good boy , but he dresses up a lot , does n't he ? ’ |
| 7 | On May 22nd ( the day following his terrible vow against Elfed ) he writes up a typical entry : ‘ Went to see As You Like It as performed by Form 4 . |
| 8 | And the only other staff seems to be that young fellow in the kiosk , and I rather think he 's working for peanuts while he mugs up a thesis . ’ |
| 9 | Mark Todd often appears to be quite casual as he clocks up a fastest time of the day . |
| 10 | He climbs up a ladder and on to the roof . |
| 11 | He 's a tough Bronx kid but he acts up a storm . |
| 12 | He takes up a job as a pilot shuttling planes between a Greek island and the mainland , but is eventually able to vindicate himself when his old ship reaches the Aegean . |
| 13 | ‘ But I will be happy if he snaps up a chance or two . ’ |
| 14 | He picks up a novel I 'm reading . |
| 15 | Next he picks up a large flat stone and , holding it overhead , mutters a prayer and smashes the skull , twice . |
| 16 | He picks up a guitar to demonstrate and I notice that his picking action seems to be coming from his elbow , with a fairly stiff forearm … |
| 17 | And he 'd got lots of famous mates that want to play on his records , and he picks up a Grammy and releases records on scrupulous labels , instead of the 30 or more indie horsefixers he 's had the misfortune to deal with over the years . |
| 18 | Turry has to be the best-armed hero of all time and when he picks up a few power-ups you 'd think he was invincible . |
| 19 | I 'm sure he must be joking , but he picks up a pair of liquorice-coloured Everlasts and walks to the ring apron . |
| 20 | He gives up a day job to write down the stories — of the Secret Mountain , the Sound that could be Seen , the Slow Children and the Magic Duvet — that he once told for free to a rabble of offspring and other kin and friends . |
| 21 | As he follows up a security leak about a number of suspicious deaths in the nuclear industry , around him a more macabre series of murders are taking place . |
| 22 | He sets up a fair few goals but we really need a finisher something Wallace managed to do ( if you gave him enough chances in the game ) . |
| 23 | With Jannie Breedt and the mercurial Francois Pienaar he makes up a back row that is ideally suited to the type of game South Africa will need to play to beat the best in the world . |
| 24 | The encores are covers — Jim Bob playfully changes the lyric to ‘ Prince In A Pauper 's Grave ’ to ‘ He runs up a bill Ross Perot could n't pay ’ and ‘ GI Blues ’ is a singalong for the UK indie kid lookalikes among the fashion casualties , Harvard students and snogging couples . |
| 25 | There 's aids and he 's chasing the bum and the bum 's running and the aids is going come on you little bastard and he 's going leave me alone and so he runs up a tree and there 's a bird there and he 's got all bones on him , he 's a s witch doctor and the bird goes , and the bird goes , what 's a matter ? |
| 26 | He works up a lather . |
| 27 | And then he farts up a slightly deranged Dudley giggle , because he probably really does n't give a shit . |
| 28 | He rolls up a dollar bill , and stares at it as if deliberately recalling something . |