Example sentences of "and [vb past] it up [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Campbell yanked a Mills bomb from a camouflaged pocket and flung it up at Cornelius . |
| 2 | A council inspector was called in to test the beer at the club in Bury St Edmunds , Suffolk … and found it up to strength . |
| 3 | Please do not do er what a young man did the other day went to his house , he was the victim of a burglary , he very proudly announced that he 'd fitted one of these locks to his front door when we saw how he 'd fitted it , he 'd actually chiselled out the majority of the side of his door in and filled it up with Polyfilla ! |
| 4 | Traditionally , African beer is drunk from a large cup , passed round the groups of drinkers , but in this village they had a different technique : they brewed the stuff in an old oil drum and served it up in buckets . |
| 5 | Ben made the first on-sight of Psycho ( ) and followed it up with on-sights of Genesis ( ) , Rainbow Wall ( ) , Your mother , Monument and Anarchiste ( all ) with Mark sharing the honours on Monument . |
| 6 | How could it have come about , he marvelled afresh , that they had parcelled it out and tied it up with strings of law ? |
| 7 | The machine cut the crop and tied it up in sheaves . |
| 8 | I made a short story of the business and sent it up to Encounter , but the puritanical buggers in charge sent me a rejection slip ! |
| 9 | ‘ As you can see , I 've simplified it and brought it up to date … |
| 10 | He led an attack on what ought to have been his own castle , and blew it up with dynamite ! |
| 11 | In the end , she made herself a drink of hot milk with a dash of brandy and took it up to bed , taking along the hot water bottle for good measure . |
| 12 | Now that the house was quiet I filled a plate with some of the leftover food and took it up to Frankie . |
| 13 | and chained it up to Springfield Gardens ' gate . |
| 14 | He stole a chicken from work , and I watched as he stuffed it and sewed it up with needle and thread in his girlfriend 's flat , frowning with ponderous alcoholic severity . |
| 15 | He had taken one hand from the wheel and held it up in protest . |
| 16 | I got my wallet out of my pocket and held it up in front of my eyes . |
| 17 | He pulled out a transparent bag and held it up in front of Jed 's eyes . |
| 18 | The unarmed man then produced a buff-coloured plastic ID card and held it up in front of Vasili . |
| 19 | The first figure struck a match and held it up in front of him , the tiny yellow flame glowing brightly . |