Example sentences of "it up [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All he had to do was wind it up again to find the way out . |
| 2 | In the Sonnet just quoted , Britten breaks off the rhythm only near the end , with a few sustained chords , before taking it up again to come to a strong conclusion . |
| 3 | I bet he 's not tightened it up properly to seal it . |
| 4 | Pete apparently Pete made it up just to get erm get at her . |
| 5 | ‘ But do n't foul it up just to prove I 'm right . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Like your party trick with the neutrino collectors and the hymetusite : we could n't have scaled it up enough to solve Earth 's energy shortfall , but it could have supported us here whilst we searched for the long-term solution — the high-mass elements in Lucifer 's core . ’ |
| 7 | The phone rings in the night , you pick it up only to hear heavy breathing , silence or a volley of screamed obscenities . |