Example sentences of "[noun sg] it be [verb] up [prep] " in BNC.

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1 A real den of iniquity it 's divided up into several little catacombs .
2 The three-year appointment is a breakthrough for Brig Ramsey , 49 , who has landed the job at the very moment it is opened up to women .
3 In nature it 's backed up by waterproof animal oils — Nikwax use TX10i .
4 Instead of the MIPS R4000-killer it 's cracked up to be , he thinks it may be only a 30% performance improvement over the 80486 .
5 The morning train from Sidney picked up milk from various farms for shipment to Victoria and on at least one occasion it was held up for two hours while cows , that had been turned into the bush the previous night to pick up what nourishment they could were searched for , rounded up , milked and the milk loaded for the trip to town .
6 You 're listening to B B C Radio Nottingham news it 's coming up to five past one .
7 For extra style it is swept up into a French Pleat .
8 For ease of description it is divided up into groups of wavelengths termed wavebands or spectral bands ( Figure 5.6 ) .
9 I noticed that the Barwick men took no chances this time ; as the pole lay in the field it was wired up to an electronic burglar alarm system , but they still took it in turns to sit up and keep an eye on it .
10 To me , therefore , the most exciting thing about the Environment Movement at this point is the ethical , moral and spiritual challenge it is raising up against those old utilitarian and dualistic values .
11 He thinks disco 's reputation as tacky is unfair : ‘ Disco 's got a more sophisticated approach to it , with the way it 's built up in layers .
12 But the basic , but the basic problem is the way it was set up in the first place ,
13 End date it 's picking up off the same list .
14 On the map it is divided up into feet .
15 ‘ By the time it was picked up in France I 'd had toxoplasmosis in my bloodstream for two months .
16 I mean the fact it 's going up on
17 The old Eagle Warehouse had the appearance of a curve at the west end of Bothwell Street , though in fact it was made up of four straight sections each placed at a shallow angle .
18 Discs Look is the allegation that the label is not quite the independent it is cracked up to be , thanks to a distribution deal with Phonogram .
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