Example sentences of "he [vb past] it up [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he followed it up by that shrewd observation ‘ It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God ’ ( Mark 10:25 ) . |
| 2 | He followed it up by further personal diplomacy , this time with Russia . |
| 3 | And of course Mr our salesman er he took it up to that big estate and er Mr had got too old to go up to the shooting on the horse you know . |
| 4 | I 've always owned apartments because I was born in a tenement in Glasgow and I like flat-life. , If he has one regret it is that government never saw fit to offer him another major job as challenging as his chairmanship of British Steel when he gave it up in 1976 . |
| 5 | He picked it up with all the enthusiasm of a man finding a mail-order death-warrant on his mat . |
| 6 | He picked it up by one long back leg . |