Example sentences of "be up [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh they 're up to all bloody tricks |
| 2 | ‘ Honestly , Daddy , I do n't know what you 're up to half the time . |
| 3 | But does this mean that our friends from Dixieland — the Intelligence Service lived south of the river ‘ — are going to give us a hint of what they 're up to these days ? ’ |
| 4 | you know erm daily , just so we know when somebody does appear , if they 're , you know , if we , you know , wanted a chat with them or , you know , to see what they 're up to these days that yeah but I w er yeah yeah . |
| 5 | ‘ If we are dealing with the Pessarane Behesht then we 're up against some very dangerous and unpredictable people . |
| 6 | ‘ Are you sure you are up to this ? ’ |
| 7 | GO WEST young man … for the Mayfly are up on many western lakes , especially Loughs Cullin and Cara , where there are tremendous hatches . |
| 8 | So that 's what 's been going on in terms of output , in terms of orders already received , orders are up in all mainland regions of the U K. It 's the first time that we 've seen that since er the beginning of the recession and that 's the sense in which we think one can say erm reasonably sort of er straightforwardly that the recovery has indeed spread around the mainland economy . |
| 9 | Gary Shandling , host of the ceremony in Los Angeles , warned the audience after Clapton had picked up the Best Album Grammy : ‘ If you are up in any other categories against Eric Clapton , I would go home now . ’ |
| 10 | They are up against more than just the law though . |
| 11 | The teenagers from Cherwell School are up against some stiff competition from 11 other schools in the regional final of a national choral event being held at the Wytham Theatre in Swindon , and although confident they 'll do well , choir mistress , Anna Haxworth is n't assuming her score will win a place in the London final next month . |
| 12 | Today the company announced that sales of its Old Speckled Hen ale are up by more than ( 200 ) two hundred per cent and operating profits are up by over ( 45 ) forty five per cent . |
| 13 | Anyway , what on earth have you been up to all this time ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ D' you mind tellin' me what you 've been up to all day ? ’ demanded Dolly . |
| 15 | Andrew Hall 's back in the limelight now that the BBC is showing re-runs of Butterflies — but where has he been hiding and what has he been up to all this time ? |
| 16 | In the evenings , after Granpa had come home for supper and the old man had gone off to the pub , I soon became bored just sitting around listening to what my sisters had been up to all day ; so I joined the Whitechapel Boys ' Club . |
| 17 | ‘ What 's 'e been up to this time ? ’ asked the put-upon wife . |
| 18 | ‘ Has he been up to this all night ? ’ |
| 19 | Is er has what 's his name , the angry man been up to any antics lately ? |
| 20 | But the little tousle-headed , dirty , tanned , bold toddler that was me might well have been up to some sort of mischief involving the beast . |
| 21 | I 've been up since half past seven . |
| 22 | When you have been up for half an hour on a normal working day , how do you feel ? |
| 23 | Official signs for a cycle path connecting Baird Road , Ratho Station , to the minor road from Ratho to Newbridge have been up for some time . |
| 24 | The building was not built in ninety one , whether there 's any relevance or not , where they 're trying to prove that the building has been up for some time , they 'd say , it 's not , that building was put up this year . |
| 25 | So we 've been up for some time cos the arms are wet where he 'd been sucking it ! |
| 26 | Normally , she would have been up for several hours and written a couple of thousand words . |
| 27 | Carrie suddenly said , ‘ Your mum and I were worried about you , Seb , but all my dad could keep saying was , ‘ It 's a good job I managed to reach you when I did , or you 'd have been up at that farmhouse for another week . ’ ’ |
| 28 | He said delicately , ‘ Stock involves quite a lot of ladder work , in the warehouse … ’ as if Anna might not be up to such physical strenuousness . |
| 29 | ‘ Our players will have to keep their discipline because the Cypriots will be up to all the tricks . |
| 30 | I think a as far as this group is concerned it will be up to each respective union , er I think of who they invited to that seminar . |