Example sentences of "he [was/were] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he was up to the silvery layer of the surface . |
| 2 | He was up on the podium , still a bit pale and puffy , but recovering gamely from her suicide . |
| 3 | ‘ No , ’ said the boy , ‘ but why did his wife say he was up on the roof if he was n't ? ’ |
| 4 | When Dustin told Brooks that he was up for the part in The Graduate , Mel said , ‘ But you 're an ugly little rat . |
| 5 | In fact , it was while he was up for the interview that he read in The Times the advertisement that had brought him to Burleigh : |
| 6 | He was up at the crack of dawn doing something unspeakable to the turkey , but the kids were up anyway . |
| 7 | He reckoned the boy had doubled the price for his ice cream because he was up at the smart end of town , not plying his usual pitch at the bottom of the Acropolis . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Pete says that on one flight recently he was up in the air for nine hours so you have to take food and drink with you to keep going … in this country survival is not a problem but it can be hard when you 're flying across deserts and things like that |
| 10 | Tom picked up the two whiskeys and manoeuvred Patrick into the corner , pushing him into the seat first so that he was up against the wall . |