Sentence examples for to prise up from inspiring English sources

A small group tried to prise up paving stones, but they were a minority and were quickly hauled out of the crowd.

If it appears to have been lifted before or has been cut into smaller pieces, there may be pipes lying directly underneath the boards and you'll need to prise up the board to check that it is safe to add new fixings.

Half a century on, Paris is burning and barricaded again and the city's cobble stones are being prised up to be hurled at police once more, but Cohn-Bendit sees little comparison with the clashes of 50 years ago.

By now, villagers on Khon have prised up most of the tracks for use as fencing.

Others searched for hidden dungeons, shouting into air vents and frantically prising up floor tiles in the hope that long-missing relatives might be found underground.Yet the buildings were largely empty, their floors deep in drifts of shredded paper.

The worst examples are often the consequence of the so-called 'croc roll' – also known as the 'tin-opener' – which sees victims prised up and away from rucks in a judo-style move which can snap ligaments and bones if the tackled player is unlucky.

It was particularly encouraging to see Wenger's two forward recruits, Sánchez and Welbeck, teaming up to prise open a contest Arsenal were under pressure to win.

He was involved in Portugal's second-half plunder that afternoon and, while Carlos Queiroz's side may have disappointed, the youngster returned from the tournament with his reputation enhanced and suitors lining up to prise him from Benfica.

It stepped up its drive to prise from the army the job of curbing terrorism and other roles that are normally police work.

In countries where handset subsidies abound, switching phones (and operators) is much less costly, so churn rates are higher.Worse still, subscribers in Japan must approach their existing operator to prise their account loose before signing up with a rival.

If so, he will need to prise money from the Treasury to prop up failing hospitals, with money needed for the community.