Example sentences of "would [be] up [prep] " in BNC.

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1 She would be up at dawn and away before he woke .
2 And certainly af after the riots , they were always erm couple of days , perhaps longer than that where erm local policemen would be up on the walkways , playing football with the local kids .
3 He would be up with the morning chorus , while Beth was happy to mooch around for hours in her nightdress , drinking black coffee , smoking cigarettes and watching breakfast television .
4 ‘ Even though John has a busy and demanding job as planning manager at Broadgreen Hospital , he would be up with me twice a night to feed the babies , Andrew and Daniel .
5 ‘ Even though John has a busy and demanding job as planning manager at Broadgreen Hospital , he would be up with me twice a night to feed the babies , Andrew and Daniel .
6 BAe said its range would be up to 50 per cent greater than the existing 125-800 , cutting 50 minutes from the flight time of coast-to-coast operations in the US and Australia .
7 However , the Government has proposed changing this so that the final decision would be up to the DoE .
8 It would show whether the US and the Soviet Union really had a role to play in Europe and it would be up to Germans themselves to work out their international posture .
9 It would be up to officers to decide what was dangerous and whether to discourage it .
10 I told you he would be up to no good . ’
11 It would be up to the courts to decide on the matter , ’ says her local trading standards officer , Mr Slater .
12 It would be up to the scientists to decide which is the viable option and which belongs to the realm of science fiction .
13 Central government assumed that typical IIAs would be up to 50 hectares in size , and that the programme would last about 3–5 years .
14 A spokesman for the Department of Health and social security said a decision to implant an artificial heart would be up to the doctor ‘ like any other replacement operation ’ .
15 The Institute has been given legal advice to the effect that there is a possibility that the defence of qualified or absolute privilege might be available , but it would be up to the courts to decide and the only way of finding out would be a test case .
16 And at Musselburgh it was Ramsay 's turn to say farewell , much as he was tempted to agree to the Randolphs ' urgings and proceed with them over Forth to Doune of Menteith , so much more secure in present circumstances than would be Dalwolsey ; for nothing was surer than that the English would be up to Lothian and Edinburgh before long , and Dalwolsey not far off their path .
17 After that it would be up to the German socialists to respond , pressing their own Government to adopt positions convergent with the emergent consensus among the Allies .
18 I thought it would be up to seven weeks after my back operation before I was playing again , and I feared I might miss the first month of the season . ’
19 It has to be said however that the presbytery , presbytery clerks er write their own agenda for these meetings er for these conferences and er it would be up to presbyteries to instruct their clerks that that had to go on their agenda .
20 It would be up to God to wind up the clockwork and set the universe going in any way He wanted .
21 He would not dare ask for money ; instead it would be up to the gentleman to raise the matter and to give payment when he deemed suitable .
22 The Council of Mortgage Lenders estimated that there would be up to 100,000 repossessions in 1991 — a staggering 120 per cent .
23 Then it would be up to him to make the next move .
24 Indeed , I could invite the Archangel Gabriel from Heaven — but it would be up to him whether he came or not ! ’
25 " If he did , it would be up to him .
26 Using only palladium , the new " cats " would be up to one-third cheaper , Nissan claim .
27 The Commission said , however , that it would be up to member states to propose and enforce measures protecting environmentally sensitive areas from shipping , as this was a matter of national , rather than Community , jurisdiction .
28 The judgement , which provoked an angry reaction from the local tourist industry , was described by the government as a " technicality " , saying it was confident all but nine British beaches would be up to EC standards by 1996 .
29 It would be up to you really to common purposes .
30 But he was away a lot , and then it would be up to Janice .
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