Example sentences of "it up [prep] [art] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ’ . |
| 2 | We 'll bring it up at the staff meeting on Monday and take it on from there . |
| 3 | I have n't had time to get it up on the machine to change again quickly but I 've had a quick look at the situation with regard to the five per cent increase . |
| 4 | They read somewhat strangely , as if I had imagined the whole thing , or cooked it up for an April Fool joke . |
| 5 | I would have had another one on the third day as well , but I gave it up for the opportunity to go rabbiting with the lad who worked for Brian . |
| 6 | He held it up for the others to see and then threw it at the thin man contemptuously who automatically caught it in both hands . |
| 7 | Holt can and does believe that children should have them as adults do , and then leaves it up to the child to decide whether or not to exercise them . |
| 8 | However , the policy vacuum which was allowed to develop in this way was inadequately filled by leaving it up to the courts to formulate their own sentencing policy . |
| 9 | Somewhere down there he stubbed himself against an ill-defined but hard mass of fact , and brought it up to the surface to examine it . |
| 10 | First is the inadequate definition of gold and silver , which leaves it up to the jury empanelled by the coroner , to whom the objects have been handed over , to decide if they are treasure or not . |
| 11 | He held it up to the light to give a clearer view . |
| 12 | He drew out a sturdy transparent plastic inner bag and held it up to the light to show me the contents . |
| 13 | Naturally we will exercise discretion , but we wish to make the sharing of information normal , rather than leaving it up to the client to make the case for access . |
| 14 | If a teacher leaves it up to the pupils to work on their own initiative , will they miss out on essential skills while coming to grips with being responsible for their own learning ? |
| 15 | Pitching it up to the batsman made it , quite often , unplayable . |
| 16 | You had to use this sort of thing like find it up in a mess has n't it ? |
| 17 | If you are not certain which group your statute falls under , turn it up in the tables provided . |
| 18 | You 've looked it up in the Titmarsh have you ? |
| 19 | Dad paid over the four shillings and while he was entering it up in the book said , ‘ Mr Priest , I was wondering if yer could give me permission to build a small wooden shed facing the house ? ’ |