Example sentences of "it [vb past] up [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And that one ‘ undred was only because the grahnd sloped like the north face of Iverest of ‘ e ‘ ad only to tap the ball and it got up faster speed than any fielder . ’ |
| 2 | It made up one of the most satisfying compositions of all American stations . |
| 3 | It fenced up security-wise and everything else so we 've been on it overtime and and painting and decorating and getting the |
| 4 | The truth was revealed only by chance , when a journalist for the US magazine Sports Illustrated happened to be aboard a boat when it hauled up seven dead porpoises , caught in a single set . |
| 5 | The development was the ‘ most exciting discovery of the last decade ’ because it opened up new treatment avenues . |
| 6 | It opened up orchestrational possibilities for a small group that did n't exist before . |
| 7 | Although the case collapsed and Docherty admitted telling ‘ a pack of lies ’ in court , it opened up damaging wounds within Manchester United , and created a climate of fear and loathing among leading players that stretches to the present day . |
| 8 | He says he would never have been able to have afforded it himself , so it opened up another world . |
| 9 | Karen had a cheeseburger and lived to regret opting for it to be well done , as it turned up dry as a bone inside a bap as wrinkled as Sid James ' face . |
| 10 | For all the gadgetry , everything stopped when the photocopier was working because it soaked up all the power . |
| 11 | It showed up white . |
| 12 | Right , here we went at twice the speed , and it finished up half the time . |
| 13 | I keep it locked up these days . ’ |
| 14 | It followed up this insight with a basic marketing principle : that your best prospects are your previous customers . |
| 15 | The iceberg was 155 km long until it broke up last year . |
| 16 | It tied up some loose ends . ’ ' |
| 17 | And you can still sort of ma make it elevated up this really nice and |
| 18 | The children obviously enjoyed the activity , and it brought up some very interesting points about error in their estimation and other matters . |
| 19 | I know it went up two steps . |
| 20 | Erm and it went up that that night . |
| 21 | I suggest after we get the bill else it 'll it went up last year |
| 22 | This vast , and as yet unconfronted burden of loan capital is the single biggest factor in the present world debt crisis , since it chewed up vast quantities of money , raising interest rates , and keeping them high . |
| 23 | It took up half a block of Tollemarche Avenue and was gaily painted in red and white . |
| 24 | It was learnt yesterday county councillors have already considered ending a schools cleaning contract awarded to a private firm hired to look after Middlesbrough schools after the it notched up 22 default notices between last August and May 1 . |
| 25 | When added to the usual treatments for this condition it cleared up persistent ulcers in 40 out of 60 cases . |
| 26 | Last Autumn it gave up all pretence of continuing on in the business and sold off its Personal Mainframe hardware interests to clone newcomer Digital Systems Research ( UX No 407 ) . |
| 27 | It flagged up certain erm items for concern , better that we know than not , not know them . |
| 28 | It closed up thirty four point five at three thousand and six point one |
| 29 | Challenging the fast-flowing stream , a black and white dipper ‘ swam ’ against the current , half-submerged as it snapped up aquatic delicacies . |
| 30 | Interestingly it pointed up one of the fundamental differences between the two of them . |