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

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1 ‘ We 're up the dale a bit .
2 ‘ Well , they 're up the creek . ’
3 ‘ I think we 're up the creek . ’
4 ‘ We 're up the creek because we do n't know where to go from here . ’
5 HEAVEN is my witness that I do not want to be unfair to British Telecom , so I must , with frank and honest gaze , report that I have had several letters saying that I am up the pole in carrying on about the method of charging recently mentioned in this column .
6 I always say it will be done in a fortnight ; this gives me more leeway if things go wrong and if I get the garment finished before the two weeks are up the person is usually delighted .
7 They are also thinking too much about what counts and when you do that you are up the creek , and at the moment Gloucester have not got a paddle
8 ‘ So you 've been up the barrow , ’ Jos said out of the blue , as he lined up on the final double .
9 ‘ I just been up the school , ’ answered Nelly , undoing her coat .
10 MARRIAGES which involve a partner who has been married before are more likely to end in the divorce courts than ones between two people who have never before been up the aisle .
11 He will have learnt from Iacocca , pursued excellence , been up the organization and spent one minute as a manager .
12 Have you not been up the ramp before ?
13 No , no there 's not I mean I 've been doing this for fifteen years , and quite simply is , if you like , I 've been up the ladder , the contacts that were I 've had were relatively junior fifteen years ago
14 I 've not been up the garden at the back but those on the front are .
15 Been up the library .
16 and I 've been up the one before that
17 very pretty and er , it looks as if she ought to have been up the disco having a dance , any way
18 after we 've been up the club
19 No and what 's happened is , he 's been up the bank and er the thing has
20 I 've been up the bath .
21 You can always tell when the clippers have been up the back of the neck .
22 It 's just been up the woman 's puss !
23 Normally playing seated amphitheaters , our audience and the Mary Chain 's tend to be up the back on the lawns .
24 Because of the political situation , the ferry route had to be up the west coast of Africa .
25 So it means it 's not Ah so it means it 's got to be up the top end .
26 She 'll be up the pole .
27 Our last patrol before Christmas was to be up the East coast to Buckie where we would leave the ship and travel home by train .
28 Officers took turns in conducting the Sunday morning service but every Sunday evening Eva would be up the front conducting the soldiers ' meeting .
29 For a while there I thought we were going to be up the creek without a paddle . ’
30 He told her : ‘ I dare n't be otherwise — because if I were ever in a compromising situation , if the police raided or if someone kissed and told I 'd be up the creek . ’
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