Example sentences of "it up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now Donald was bracing himself to take the weight of the heavier outer door and Donald McLaggan was helping him , easing it up off its hinges . |
| 2 | I thought I 'd picked it up off a clean pile , but I was mistaken . |
| 3 | Then he knocks it up off the Road to about nine inches for a 4 . |
| 4 | I picked it up off the Manchester lads in our regiment . |
| 5 | It could be that the cordless power-tool is turning a full circle , representing the original hand-tools without the sweat ; you simply pick it up off the bench and use it , or pack it away in your toolbag and take it to wherever the task has to be done , and do it . |
| 6 | The brake is simply a length of ¾ × 2½in oak tied under the sled , with a steel ‘ claw ’ , and elastic shock cord to hold it up off the ground . |
| 7 | Round , you know , to keep it up off off the ground , and to keep it aired . |
| 8 | ‘ Picked it up off The Idlers . ’ |
| 9 | If you 've got an unknown author there is no way somebody is going to buy that book unless they have picked it up off the shelf . |
| 10 | I picked it up off the floor , and it looked perfectly new . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I picked it up at Camden Lock . ’ |
| 12 | You think if I had n't bought it and done it up at enormous personal cost this cottage would still be standing ? ’ |
| 13 | Once it was dry , Louise styled Kukkay 's hair by twisting it up at the back to create fullness on top while still leaving it curly and ‘ free ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ Only you 're on the wrong bus , ’ he continued , ‘ you want the 800 Dalesbus — you 'll have to pick it up at Ilkley . ’ |
| 15 | FOR A LARK , a comfortable winner at Haldon a week ago , should follow it up at today 's Spooners and West Dartmoor meeting , writes Hugh Condry . |
| 16 | When the Orioles ' designated hitter lifts a three-run homer over the right field fence in the ninth to wrap it up at 9–3 , the resigned Sox faithful begin heading for the exits . |
| 17 | They found the brassiere under the bed and Jo let him hook it up at the back for her . |
| 18 | But Chapman accepted that the short , stocky James was one of football 's great characters , an outstanding individualist who liked to do things his own way , like living it up at West End night clubs until the early hours . |
| 19 | I could n't stick it up at the back or I 'd look aged , haggard , forty years old . |
| 20 | Rather than go through the entire process again in a later session , it would make more sense to take it up at the point where it was left off in the previous session , if desired . |
| 21 | Turn on the radio and on every station The Eagles are ‘ Living it up at de Hotel California ’ . |
| 22 | She picked it up at the third ring . |
| 23 | Did the wives say , ‘ Had a good day , dear ? ’ and did the husbands reply , ‘ Not bad except that poor Fred could n't get it up at all . |
| 24 | And who is that whooping it up at the bar with a glass in his hand ? |
| 25 | The pair had star quality written all over their faces as they hammed it up at a Buddy Holly tribute . |
| 26 | And I , I was issued with that and er I took lessons on it up at head at headquarters and then when I took me proficiency test , I was asked questions on the Browning automatic and other ap things appertaining to the army and I passed me proficiency test . |
| 27 | The phone on the wall close to her rang and she picked it up at the second ring . |
| 28 | The man scooped it up at once . |
| 29 | Get a , get a twelve volt car bulb and start it up at twelve volts and wind the voltage up . |
| 30 | We agreed to set it up at the last meeting . |