Example sentences of "up [prep] one " in BNC.
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| 1 | I climbed up through one of the thirteen gates and clambered over the piles of collapsed masonry blocking the way to the top of the citadel . |
| 2 | I might get up for one thing and put back another by mistake . |
| 3 | The Girls black up for one of their routines |
| 4 | Koo Stark turned up for one case wearing a short and flowery little-girl 's party frock with velvet cuffs , which said , ‘ Gee , I am gentle , I am vulnerable in the big bad world . ’ |
| 5 | We roped up for one awkward pitch before reaching the summit , which was now cloaked in thick mist , the weather deteriorating rapidly . |
| 6 | McKoy , the home town favourite , had already been called up for one false start — and it seemed certain that he would be disqualified after appearing to have another flyer second time around . |
| 7 | ( 5 ) The setting up of ad hoc sub-committees ( committees set up for one purpose only and disbanded after their task is accomplished ) is a useful technique to make sure that the Hon. |
| 8 | The mercenaries on the street looked up for one moment , eyes wide , and then he was upon them . |
| 9 | The traffic had jammed up for one thing and then we were treated to the sight of the guy in the rabbit costume ( it must have been male , women do n't run like that ) tearing down the street carrying a sledgehammer , hotly pursued by two policemen trying to keep their helmets on . |
| 10 | Fifty patients with healed ulcers were followed up for one year . |
| 11 | In the end my parents agreed that I could go up for one year instead of being at the Royal College of Music . |
| 12 | Hundreds of the fittest and fastest athletes tuned up for one of the most gruelling events on the sporting calander . |
| 13 | Signed up for one last glorious season . |
| 14 | McKoy , the home town favourite , had already been called up for one false start — and it seemed certain that he would be disqualified after appearing to have another flyer second time around . |
| 15 | McKoy , the hometown favourite , had already been called up for one false start — and it seemed certain that he would be disqualified after appearing to have another flyer second time around . |
| 16 | near Kettering , Don went to er Northampton and then finally I went to Rushden and er I 'd been there about a year and all of a sudden there was a call in for Shorteners at so I went down on the bike and er what er the one over me who , who was elderly , well was n't over me but he was er he was on my job but the senior man on it he come in , the boss had sent him in to have a look cos the er Shorteners were complaining , and er then they rang up for one of us , he said well I 'm not leaving till I 've solved this problem so I had to go . |
| 17 | Well I 'm staying up for one more game |
| 18 | Yeah cos if it was as bad as he said it was , I mean he would only stand up for one or two hours at a time , whereas he 'd been up since nine , he was still sitting up at one o'clock when I arrived there |
| 19 | Ringing up for one order , so it does work out better now . |
| 20 | He has grown up as one of ‘ the orphans of the plague ’ who roam the streets of the city in the aftermath of the plague and of the fire that followed it . |
| 21 | Eddie Hemmings is already inked in , but Nick Cook — still trying to puzzle out why he has been brought here but overlooked in favour of Keith Medlycott for the West Indies — may end up as one of the drinks carriers . |
| 22 | He finished up as one of Britain 's greatest and most original architects . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm very competitive , having been brought up as one of four brothers and with parents who are competitive too . |
| 24 | Oh he 's only twelve and ended up as one of the smallest birds |
| 25 | The little turd would never dream of standing up during one of Will Shakespeare 's plays and shouting , ‘ Tell us what happens ! |
| 26 | He first made the riddle up during one of our mummer 's games at Twelfth Night . ’ |
| 27 | Average-sized people use up about one calorie a minute while at rest , a little bit less if you 're bigger , ’ says Professor Durnin . |
| 28 | Once the trough had flooded to a manageable width , the boys would swim for it , usually finishing up about one hundred yards upstream by the time they had struggled through the rough water and reached the home bank . |
| 29 | I can remember waking up up about one o'clock in the morning , and to hear this old oil oil engine going , Puff puff , puff puff , puff puff . |
| 30 | So in reality our S S A is going up about one and a half percent , and as you know our budget has gone up about one and a half percent , so why is the council tax going up six point three percent ? |