Example sentences of "up about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll have words with Sharon on Monday and er , oh I ca n't , yes I can on Monday I 'm having my hair cut later , but I can come up about nine o'clock and see if she 's here . |
| 2 | Yeah oh I 'll get up about nine . |
| 3 | I mean we got up about nine o'clock as well . |
| 4 | We got up about nine so it was n't too bad . |
| 5 | she said was she was going to go up about twelve ? |
| 6 | He says , if wo if I can get , he 's go I mean he 's got to get some sleep so he says , well I 'll get up about twelve or one and says , and then I 'll go down there . |
| 7 | Erm but she may well pick you up about eleven o'clock . |
| 8 | You said you would like to come , so may I pick you up about eleven o'clock ? ’ |
| 9 | During a typical marathon , your fatty tissue is whittled down by almost six ounces , your liver and leg muscles cough up about 11 ounces of carbohydrate , and — if you do n't drink properly during the race — your body can lose about 100 ounces of water . |
| 10 | Let them do what they like as long as you 're not well they do , they kill you , kill you stone dead er them French vaches Cos , see you go in down here you see , where you 've got ta jump up to get out got ta jump up off the floor , you got ta jump up about four feet to get out see , they were n't just like |
| 11 | up about four |
| 12 | They 've i , only been up about four or five years ! |
| 13 | Erm I 'll pick you up about four o'clock ? |
| 14 | Now up about five or si about five foot up in height . |
| 15 | Education the other day was up about five or six per cent . |
| 16 | Yeah our Chris was up , our Chris was up , woke up about five o'clock and . |
| 17 | And they pick up about five o'clock . |
| 18 | And nothing comes up about five times , aargh , and I , I 'm and your mother comes round and catches you , aargh |
| 19 | Well you may be an old ham actor , but I note you 've picked up about five or six , I think , honourary degrees now . |
| 20 | Therefore , to avoid any confusion , the interpretations have been based solely on a comparison of the rates charged for Cessna 150/152s , as these make up about 45 per cent of the aircraft offered for the purpose of basic training or hire . |
| 21 | The fourteen Area Boards themselves had to devolve some functions further and they initially set up about 500 local districts ( slightly fewer than the number of pre-nationalisation undertakings ) . |
| 22 | There was one child came up about seventeen times |
| 23 | It makes up about 38 per cent of the typical American diet — 8 per cent too much , according to nutrition experts . |
| 24 | Indeed , dog still makes up about 3½ per cent of the diet of Italian wolves . |
| 25 | None the less , its heavy dependence on exports of minerals , especially gold and diamonds ( which make up about 80 per cent of export earnings ) , make it vulnerable to fluctuations in the world market , and to sanctions imposed by some members of the international community . |
| 26 | The show is in the Fine Arts Museum , one of several grandiose public buildings put up about 100 years ago , when the Congo trade brought Antwerp new wealth . |
| 27 | ‘ Me and her mother split up about two years ago . |
| 28 | He rode into the valley of Borrowdale which opened up about two miles south of Keswick . |
| 29 | The swaddled goods train was drawn up about two hundred yards away , ready to make its run past Flaubert 's pavilion . |
| 30 | Go up about two miles , hit a junction , ‘ Abeline 's Diner ’ , you 'll see it right in front of you , small place , nothing fancy . |