Example sentences of "[verb] up a long " in BNC.
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31 | He opened this and , from the darkness , picked up a long , narrow ladder , the type soldiers climb when scaling a castle wall , or a tiler might use when working on the roof of a house . |
32 | Then he picked up a long poker from the fireplace and had it like a rifle when he played the tape again . |