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Example sentences of "and [pers pn] be up [prep] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	It 's a big challenge and I 'm up for it . ’
2	The following morning my crew and I were up at 4 am when the tide lifted us .
3	Then the American announcer said , ‘ The bronze medal , Linford Christie , Great Britain , ’ and I was up on the plinth , the medal was around my neck and the Union Jacks were waving .
4	However , about ten o'clock the police car come up into the close and I was up in the workshop and I says to him I says , aye , I says , have you found Charlie ?
5	‘ When you 've got nothing except just your bare life and you 're up against destiny or death .
6	If you 've had speeding disqualification er speeding points and you were up for disqualification because you 'd totted up twelve points
7	And we 're up to our eyes at the garage just now . ’
8	We 're , working on an hotel project I think and we 're up to week thirteen on the programme and I think you might be able to see on week thirteen and given the information we 've got at the moment as well , it means we 're gon na be working on three floors at once so it was the first thing to identify .
9	In the Unification Church and they 're stealing a march on us right enough and that 's what they 're doing — stealing that march — and they 're up to no good in their unification and I know they 're not and they know I know they 're not and that 's why it all happened .
10	And then we get to the roadworks , and probably he 's either in front of me or behind me , and he 's going and then he gets through the roadworks , and it 's , away , whoa , woof , and they 're up behind you are n't they .
11	In Britain , cinema attendances have doubled in the past decade , and they were up in America last year .
12	And he 's up to his neck in it . ’
13	But the furniture is made all over the place although 's our best maker and he 's up in Scotland .
14	And he goes and he 's up in the bed , on the bed in a flash !
15	and he 's up in the air , like this nanny
16	He had a business to run and he was up to his neck in carpets all day long ; he 's a carpet fitter , so you 'll know what I mean .
17	He was also a member of the Mafia , and he was up to his eyeballs in drugs .
18	And he got his name and he was up in the quarry during the morning and he 's giving him his final warning that if he does that again he 'll book him .
19	but total revision an I mean , the other night he sat in , he came home at four o'clock and he was up till nine thirty just doing homework .
20	‘ You just keep on for half a mile or so and 't is up on your left .
21	Only when the children feel less threatened will they be able to relax , and it 's up to you and your husband to give them that security .
22	Remember , you are your own person and it 's up to you to take care of your health and decide how you want to look .
23	Some find their feet quickly ; but I find that some assistants need support for the first few weeks , and it 's up to me and Joan and Wendy to give it . ’
24	Blessed with a good audience there 's always a danger of the comics running overtime , and it 's up to me to stretch or speed up the show should the need arise .
25	‘ The same thing happened to Arsenal last season after Benfica knocked them out , of the European Cup , but they came with a late run and it 's up to us to do the same .
26	‘ Every time I play I feel fitter and it 's up to me to put things in order .
27	In effect , we have presented you with a prime site , and it 's up to you to decide what you want to do with it .
28	He said : ‘ I have waited a long time for this chance and it 's up to me to make the most of it .
29	He said : ‘ Things went no better or worse than I expected : I 'm getting that sort of treatment every game now and it 's up to me to overcome it .
30	Norwich go to second-placed Coventry today in a surprise top of the table clash and Walker said : ‘ We are in front and it 's up to us stay there .