Example sentences of "so he [vb past] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My lipstick fell out of my bag , you see , and he trod on it — not on the carpet , thank heaven ! — so he picked up the mangled remains and asked if he could get me another . |
| 2 | When he returned from exile , he was fired with the wish to help his country catch up with the advanced industrial countries of the west , so he set up the Czech Industrial Museum in his family brewery . |
| 3 | A Chinaman was suffering terrible toothache , so he phoned up the dentist to make an appointment . |
| 4 | But he was told that he would have to pay rent for the land until the end of time , so he gave up the idea . |
| 5 | Nevertheless he was determined to do his bit , so he gave up the firewood business and went back to the casting shop to make shell cases . |