Example sentences of "it up [conj] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shoot the bird to wake it up and switch to the straight-up bullets . |
| 2 | Reluctantly she picked it up and listened for a moment . |
| 3 | This one could , it could just about reach it over its paw and flicked it up and knocked on the door |
| 4 | So I chipped it into a little space over the scrum , ran round , picked it up and went up the middle of the field . |
| 5 | He picked it up and went to the door of the tent . |
| 6 | ‘ I hastily fitted it up and went through the pretence because I did n't want him knowing where I really live . ’ |
| 7 | Someone had left a copy of the evening paper beside him , and he picked it up and glanced at the headline . |
| 8 | He picked it up and turned to the address section at the back . |
| 9 | He took it up and flew to a stance on one of the wooden buildings round the Park . |
| 10 | Mrs Frizzell snatched up her property , tried wildly to wrap the books in the remains of the paper bag , dropped one of them , picked it up and fled to the cloak-room at the back of the hall , followed by the titters and sniggers of not a few ladies who , knowing the reason for her purchase of the books , could well have rescued her from her predicament , but saw no reason to do so . |
| 11 | Julia Verity was looking to start a business by buying a house in Henley , doing it up and selling at a profit . |