Example sentences of "it was up [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was up to them to prove their case . |
| 2 | Once they left home it was up to them surely ? |
| 3 | that since it was up to them they 'd rather not . |
| 4 | She felt that it was up to her now to protect her mother : Mama , do come to the House of Commons with me . |
| 5 | It was up to her to rectify that as best she could . |
| 6 | It was up to her , quickly , to forge herself a manner that would give her an advantage in whatever negotiations were to come : and she had done so , by the time he came down for his breakfast . |
| 7 | Perhaps she felt it was up to her to enter the ‘ artistic ’ world to which Arnold remained a devoted but remote outsider . |
| 8 | It was up to her to try and work out a plan of escape , but without expert help that was n't going to be easy . |
| 9 | Would she feel nowadays it was up to her to make contact ? ’ |
| 10 | But after a further month 's reflection she changed her mind and wrote to Moira that it was up to her to do something about ‘ the incompetence of your staff at Harriet Street [ which ] is now causing BA and myself sleepless nights ’ . |
| 11 | He was attracted to her , as any red-blooded male would be to any presentable woman in these circumstances , but that was as far as it went and it was up to her to make sure her own feelings did n't betray her . |
| 12 | Now it was up to her to prove that Josey was right . |
| 13 | It was up to her to get herself and the twins out of here , back to the safety of their apartment — and clearly any display of outrage or temperament was only going to delay matters . |
| 14 | My mum used to dress me up for church , but if it was up to me I would have wanted to wear something tatty . |
| 15 | They said it was up to me father to try to alter her . ’ |
| 16 | Those were my spoken replies to my mother , but my unspoken one was that it was up to me , and not to her , to decide when and to what extent I was either cold or hungry . |
| 17 | There was no one else around so it was up to me . |
| 18 | Robbo quite rightly got his chance and it was up to me to decide whether I wanted to fight for my place or not . |
| 19 | In the circumstances it is obvious that it was up to me to present them first . |
| 20 | So then it was up to me to go back to the script and find what I could to give me a lead . |
| 21 | ‘ Older than you , married , female : it was up to me to keep us on the straight and narrow . |
| 22 | ‘ It was up to me to decide that . |
| 23 | He looked at his watch and said , " If it was up to me I would leave in ten minutes . " |
| 24 | Anyway , when I saw he was n't going to do anything about it , I figured it was up to me to make friends with Ibrahim and find out what he was doing . |
| 25 | He 'd kept his part by buying me the nightdress , now it was up to me to keep mine . |
| 26 | I told her if it was up to me , she would n't . |
| 27 | The Rokermen still need a point to be mathematically safe from relegation and Rogan said : ‘ If it was up to me I would rather be here helping make certain we are safe . |
| 28 | if it was up to me I 'm |
| 29 | He believed , without conceit , that not everyone could do this job and , as he felt that he could , it was up to him to do it . |
| 30 | If he was at all interested it was up to him to make the first move . |