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

No	Sentence
1	But we were a little ahead of the captain : winter and summer , we 're up at five .
2	They 're up at the castle . ’
3	well we went on a course , for a week up Newcastle and of course er erm we had to be there for nine o'clock so we had to catch the bus , at the latest half past eight so you 're up at you 're up at seven and you get showered and what have you cos there 's a shower in the be bedroom get yourself all ready so you 're down by about erm half seven , quarter to eight , like so you tend to think quarter of an hour to the erm bus stop which is right outside the door of the hotel we were getting so and we use the bus rather than take the car in daily , cos it 's easier so I and er and of course I sat down and had a breakfast and I thoroughly enjo , I did n't have any cereals you know , I says well er and I had a little bit of orange orange juice , but it was this erm made up orange juice
4	well we went on a course , for a week up Newcastle and of course er erm we had to be there for nine o'clock so we had to catch the bus , at the latest half past eight so you 're up at you 're up at seven and you get showered and what have you cos there 's a shower in the be bedroom get yourself all ready so you 're down by about erm half seven , quarter to eight , like so you tend to think quarter of an hour to the erm bus stop which is right outside the door of the hotel we were getting so and we use the bus rather than take the car in daily , cos it 's easier so I and er and of course I sat down and had a breakfast and I thoroughly enjo , I did n't have any cereals you know , I says well er and I had a little bit of orange orange juice , but it was this erm made up orange juice
5	Make sure you 're up at
6	So get it in there , just before , so you 're up at six o'clock in the mornings are you ?
7	We 're up on them . ’
8	We 're up on the third floor here .
9	Yes you 're up on Sunday , yeah
10	If you 're up for a ‘ tart ’ part you must be prepared to present a flavour of the role as you see it .
11	They 're up for sale at an auction of film props to be held in Norton in Gloucestershire .
12	Do n't you let her know what you 're up to , mind .
13	‘ You sure you 're up to it ? ’
14	I know what you 're up to . ’
15	‘ If you 're up to it . ’
16	I feel it is my need as an American to address and educate other Americans about what they 're up to . ’
17	‘ You 're up to something , no doubt , ’ cried Mr Fractor , leering at him .
18	‘ Now you can tell me what you 're up to , ’ Newman demanded .
19	‘ Well , that would n't altogether surprise me because I know you 're up to something , buying second-hand clothes from those dotty old maids next door .
20	Half my clients do n't even want to let me know what they 're up to .
21	‘ You 're up to something , ’ he said .
22	‘ I do n't know what you 're up to , Sarah Byrne , but I know you ai n't religious , ’ said Ella .
23	They 're up to something , but I do n't know what .
24	In the Unification Church and they 're stealing a march on us right enough and that 's what they 're doing — stealing that march — and they 're up to no good in their unification and I know they 're not and they know I know they 're not and that 's why it all happened .
25	Reckon you 're up to it ?
26	We do n't know what they 're up to . ’
27	These punishments include having ‘ the throat cut across , the tongue torn out by the root ’ and being ‘ buried in the sand of the sea at low water … ’ — this explains why you tend to find heads sticking out of the beach who refuse to tell you that they 're up to .
28	Next door must think we 're up to something kinky .
29	Whatever you 're up to during the snowy season , a wonderful warm woolly makes the perfect winter wear .
30	‘ In a large software development team , you can spend a large part of your time on company politics and another large part on documenting when you 're up to it .