Example sentences of "it up [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I picked it up off the Manchester lads in our regiment . |
| 2 | Then he knocks it up off the Road to about nine inches for a 4 . |
| 3 | I picked it up off the floor , and it looked perfectly new . ’ |
| 4 | The brake is simply a length of ¾ × 2½in oak tied under the sled , with a steel ‘ claw ’ , and elastic shock cord to hold it up off the ground . |
| 5 | If you 've got an unknown author there is no way somebody is going to buy that book unless they have picked it up off the shelf . |
| 6 | It could be that the cordless power-tool is turning a full circle , representing the original hand-tools without the sweat ; you simply pick it up off the bench and use it , or pack it away in your toolbag and take it to wherever the task has to be done , and do it . |
| 7 | ‘ Picked it up off The Idlers . ’ |
| 8 | He had made his right hand into a fist and was jabbing it up at the sky , feinting in the direction of the falling missile . |
| 9 | Now Dad can have an identical jumper to his son without having to roll it up at the bottom or trying to fit two arms into three sleeves . |
| 10 | Now Dad can have an identical jumper to his son without having to roll it up at the bottom or trying to fit two arms into three sleeves . |
| 11 | you bring it up at the update and get some feedback from that |
| 12 | And who is that whooping it up at the bar with a glass in his hand ? |
| 13 | 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 ’ . |
| 14 | They found the brassiere under the bed and Jo let him hook it up at the back for her . |
| 15 | I could n't stick it up at the back or I 'd look aged , haggard , forty years old . |
| 16 | Finally she stepped into her chosen dress , zipping it up at the back with practised ease . |
| 17 | really , your pipes should be levels , should go I drape my pipe over it if I do it , or hang it up at the back . |
| 18 | It 's thickened it up at the front in n it ? |
| 19 | We 'll bring it up at the staff meeting on Monday and take it on from there . |
| 20 | No you just marked it down and cleared it up at the end of the year . |
| 21 | Look it up at the end of the book . |
| 22 | Rather than go through the entire process again in a later session , it would make more sense to take it up at the point where it was left off in the previous session , if desired . |
| 23 | You 're not going to see this one at your local Bijou nor are you likely to pick it up at the corner video store . |
| 24 | You 're not going to see this one at your local Bijou nor are you likely to pick it up at the corner video store . |
| 25 | Would it be a situation if we asked the Town Clerk and er maybe with the Chairman , it 's a little bit difficult , I think the Town Clerk at this stage , to speak to and then if it seems possible we could bring it up at the Planning Committee meeting and arrange a date to go down and have a look , when we 've actually approached the land owners . |
| 26 | Highlighting Labour 's key theme of the NHS , he said voters faced a stark choice : to build up the health service under Labour or to break it up under the Conservatives . |
| 27 | We have a press that is free in one sense : it engages sometimes in the most scurrilous reporting and colours it up under the heading of a free press . |
| 28 | Try cutting it out altogether for a while , or at least giving it up during the week and reducing your weekend consumption . |
| 29 | ‘ They opened it up during the war but the seams were too deep . |
| 30 | He found a huge , high-backed oak chair and pulled it up beside the fire . |