Example sentences of "it [vb past] up [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It fetched up on a sandbank . |
| 2 | Part of Gould 's collection sent from Sydney shortly after his first visit to New South Wales only narrowly escaped being lost when it turned up in a warehouse that Gould happened to visit in Adelaide . |
| 3 | Peter Simpkins , who made the find , said : ‘ It showed up on a screen and all we had to do was dig it up . ’ |
| 4 | This was toast which was held on a toasting fork and was pressed against the bars so that the bread was scorched , it was then quickly turned ninety degrees so that it finished up with a grid pattern rather like a leaded window . |
| 5 | The last I saw of it was the bow sticking out of the water as the ship broke its back , and it went up in a V-shape , a Victory sign if you like , but we knew there were two men on board , one of whom I knew as a mess-mate . ’ |
| 6 | To better appreciate the size of the sea , one can perhaps imagine it heaped up into a cube . |
| 7 | After that it picked up for a while , and we looked quite sharp again . |
| 8 | Anyway it ended up in a fight and he started pushing me around and went to punch me in the stomach but I managed to stop him . |
| 9 | It sat up like a squirrel , its spruce brown back tinted chestnut in the sunlight , its belly cream-coloured . |