Example sentences of "up [adv] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tremolo would probably need setting up properly because it feels stiff and uneven in use . |
| 2 | We got up long before it was necessary , impeding all the sandwich-making and hard-boiling of eggs that was going on . |
| 3 | Most prisoners are locked up inside so it 's good to be able to work outside . |
| 4 | Most prisoners are locked up inside so it 's good to be able to work outside . |
| 5 | We had nothing at all to live on ; but one day I received a sum of money that we managed to divide up so that it lasted for many weeks , just so much a day . |
| 6 | But in their Spitalfields Tartan Collection , the Stewarts have done the work for you ; silks , cottons , wools all match up so that it is possible to choose as much or as little tartan as you like , whether it 's for a few cushions or for some big and bold project . |
| 7 | The Practical Curriculum , for example , a useful , practical discussion document for schools from the Schools Council , had to be held up so that it should not upstage an HMI view of the curriculum . |
| 8 | The problem in part is ( or ought to be ) one of generalising successful practice , shaping it up so that it encompasses the whole school and motivates all the teachers , not just those who are keen , or authoritatively skilled , in transacting bits and pieces . |
| 9 | I then had the problem of having to stand , holding the gate up so that it would n't fall on the dog and by now there were three tractors and four cars blocking the road . |
| 10 | Hurrying to the door , Manville held the sack up so that it half obscured his face and walked briskly after the young agent . |
| 11 | Quite clearly , then , if a child is brought up so that it is exposed constantly to a critical parent , she or he may spend much of the time being an adapted child . |
| 12 | Then there are the banks who will always be ready to lend you money to can it up so that it can pay . |
| 13 | He held the tiny statue up so that it was in clear view of the camera . |
| 14 | and what we actually do when we 're standing up so that it becomes more effective yeah ? |
| 15 | I must get the tape lined up so that it 's ready to switch on when we come home cos it 's gon na be , walk home from school if it 's a nice day , we 'll , we 'll have to hurry home . |
| 16 | Yeah , but you 're not pointing the pen down , hold the pen up so that it makes the line |
| 17 | If I buy it I have to wrap it up so because it |
| 18 | Yes it 's funny to think of hens having feelings but I suppose being cooped up like that it did affect them . |
| 19 | and I 've long feet you see and if I put have me feet straight up like that it er it 's pressure on it |
| 20 | When do we , we take it fed up like that it off they 're no good . |
| 21 | If journalists are going to like you , they will make their minds up quickly and it is a positive advantage if they like what they hear , but have n't got enough . |
| 22 | He pulled the window up quickly and it was too dark for her to see him step back towards the house . |
| 23 | The near-family , Swedish audience lap it up throughout and it 's not hard to see why . |
| 24 | The near-family , Swedish audience lap it up throughout and it 's not hard to see why . |
| 25 | This makes the hollow stem go rubbery for a few seconds , but then it just stiffens up straight as it cools . |
| 26 | JustText can read text files from any word processor , it even tidies them up slightly as it does it , and there is a utility to read MacWrite files but within limits . |
| 27 | The thought has come up before but it may be worth revisiting . |
| 28 | Fly up now before it is too late . |
| 29 | But for the local manufacturers , we pedal it and dress it up here before it is delivered , so that it 's then in its final beauty , ready for being cut up into the various items of saddlery . |
| 30 | It was an unexpectedly tender insight on the part of the Arabs to accommodate their infants up here where it was airy and cool . |