Example sentences of "was up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trouble was he lived at Selsit , which was up over the Pennine Way , across the high moor , and it meant a three-hour trek there and back . |
| 2 | He had to see what was up with the sheep . |
| 3 | Now I was up with the world 's elite sprinters , with Ben and Carl , Calvin and Dennis . |
| 4 | I thought that as I was up with him , I was up with the leaders . |
| 5 | You know both sides were very happy you know it was up with the company or down with the company you know , and I think certainly the younger lads sort of saw it as an infringement upon their future , you know we 've all got mortgages and the o older men who 'd been working since the quarry started you know were gon na see a drop in their standard of living , so I think you know people were getting a bit upset you know that a n a new fella h a new face had come in , and all of a sudden you know changes were being made that were gon na hurt everybody financially . |
| 6 | Andy Melville was up with the attack and took his chance well . |
| 7 | Well we nearly when I was up with the children at the to when I was |
| 8 | I was up on the box all the time ! ’ |
| 9 | In fact , as I recall , I was up on the step-ladder dusting the portrait of Viscount Wetherby when my employer had entered carrying a few volumes which he presumably wished returned to the shelves . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Everyone was up on the sun deck in the early morning as we approached the magnificent twin peaks of this imposing looking island . |
| 12 | The curtains were still pulled and the do-not-disturb sign was up on the door . |
| 13 | The first time I met her was up on the platform . |
| 14 | Harris , his coachman , was up on the driving box , while Lord John 's groom and valet were bringing on the saddle horses behind . |
| 15 | Its reflection on the water surface of the river at Abingdon advanced towards me , in this case not exactly to my feet because I was up on the bridge , but whatever else I managed to achieve in the picture I had to make this plane of the river advance . |
| 16 | The portrait of Melusina hung above the fireplace and this year 's cat calendar was up on the left-hand wall . |
| 17 | He was up on the podium , still a bit pale and puffy , but recovering gamely from her suicide . |
| 18 | Mary was up on the fells with her flock of sheep and goats , she said , perhaps over Buttermere way or maybe towards Robinson . |
| 19 | The Monkey-boy , hastily found acceptable clothes , was up on the box , his dressing-case — the inherited , wealthy proof of his existence — set inside the coach like an ark , an altar . |
| 20 | She hopped clear and opened her wings and in one sudden jump was up on the bare branch . |
| 21 | However , so erm she asked me if I 'd go up and give her hand to sort things out , so I was up on the Friday morning and I said well you better phone the corporation and tell them that you 're moving out on Saturday morning . |
| 22 | I was up on the hill when the woman came . |
| 23 | If the Co was up on the Tuesday you had to have it paid for the Saturday , at least . |
| 24 | If you If you paid it The Co was up on the Tuesday , you had to have it paid Most people tried to pay it for the Thursday and that was the turn of the leaf , on the Thursday and if you paid that then you could go straight away that day and get your new quarter stuff , for the next quarter . |
| 25 | ‘ No , ’ said the boy , ‘ but why did his wife say he was up on the roof if he was n't ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Last Saturday night I was up on the stage being congratulated on winning the car . |
| 27 | out for me and erm , when he went in on Monday , erm it was the other one the lad that actually owns it , so I was in there for about bloody half an hour and we came home with some samples and one that I quite liked it was up on the wall and he said that is my best selling Axminster that I had , and it was like , it was maybe it was a bit too busy , it was , it was greyey and it was all different other colours in it , but it was a lot of flowers on it , it was n't a traditional Axminster you see Mike loves these traditional Axminsters and he does n't really , he wo n't really entertain anything else , erm , anyway I brought that sample home and what else ? |
| 28 | he said , she said I thought that was his name , cos his name was up on the board I said oh yeah |
| 29 | She was up at the window looking out . |
| 30 | It seemed she was up at the Jubilee Tower practising the tango with Nigel and they would be down shortly with the papers . |