Example sentences of "it up for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if it was just exhausted , it was simply a question of postponing his own ploughing and resting it up for a day or two until it had regained its appetite and its strength . |
| 2 | Looks like you 'll have to sort of like put it up for a day and then take it down for a week and put it back in again . |
| 3 | Inzamam-ul-Haq ducked into his first ball and took it around the shoulder , and while a helmet was being fetched , he tried to pull the next and merely splice it up for a return catch to Malcolm , who later disclosed that , being some way short of the top 100 fielders in the land , he could only murmur , ‘ Oh , my Lord , who 's going to take that catch ? ’ |
| 4 | Anyway , if there 's no visa I 'm gon na live it up for a couple of days , then put me foot down and not take it off till I get to Gib . |
| 5 | ‘ Yeah , I picked it up for a song about twelve years ago . |
| 6 | There is times I 've casually picked it up , dropped it on the floor and forgotten to pick it up for a while because I 'm on the phone and sometimes it is quite loud in my ear . |
| 7 | If it 's something that needs doing every day , keep it up for a week . |
| 8 | Some exciting advice — relayed by Andrew from a knowing uncle in the City — had jacked it up for a time , before an even bigger hole was left gaping by the failure of that magical investment . |
| 9 | But you can only use it up for a month and then you . |
| 10 | They read somewhat strangely , as if I had imagined the whole thing , or cooked it up for an April Fool joke . |