Example sentences of "[vb infin] it up [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'll stitch it up when she has dried out . |
| 2 | Yeah I think that 'd break it up and I think |
| 3 | I did bring it up and no-one knew what it was . |
| 4 | Oh no we 've got some really hard numbers french if I had a dictionary I could look it up but I have n't . |
| 5 | ‘ You can look it up when you look up ‘ pytle ’ , ’ said Rufus . |
| 6 | Neighbour it 's erm it 's quite an awkward word it comes in occasionally you can look it up if you like . |
| 7 | Then I can sew it up and I 've only got the |
| 8 | I received with much pleasure the token of your friendship which you have sent me this morning in the way of [ a ] dram Bottle and shall treasure it up until I reach the wilds of the beautiful country I anticipate so much pleasure in exploring . |
| 9 | If that 's for Clarrie Baudelaire , I 'll take it up if you like . ’ |
| 10 | Well , I certainly will take it up if I get a copy letter , I mean it is obviously that some departments act differently , and I understand that in any case this is only a letter from the secretary , it 's not him , so I mean , I 'm quite happy to take it up if I get the copy of that , and explain that this department act , does rather differently from some of the others . |
| 11 | No sorry I 've deci , I said I 'd make it up as I went along ! |
| 12 | She would make it up as she went along — like a story told to a child at bedtime ; like a clever lie that relies as much on the truth as on deception . |
| 13 | And I go , and it did n't pick it up and I goes , pardon ? |
| 14 | Electronic publishing is n't like word processing , it 's not that easy to ‘ pick it up as you go along ’ — at least not if you want professional results . |
| 15 | This is n't just a figure drawn out of the air unlike councillor , I can actually back it up because I 've got the detail of that budget . |
| 16 | I see you write it up or you draw the pictures ? |
| 17 | Some buyers prefer the grease to be left lying thickly on the grain and the flesh of the leather and t so that it will gradually be absorbed and also they can then brush it up when they have got the goods , when they are making it up in their workshops . |