Example sentences of "we up [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We won for a third time at Zandvoort , the first grand prix of the season : apart from the prize money , that moved us up a scale on the start money and suddenly I could see our way through the rest of the season . |
| 2 | The Dalek Killer 's led us up a blind alley . ’ |
| 3 | They led us up a series of side streets to a post office near the station . |
| 4 | So that cheered us up a bit as you can imagine but what really cheered us up was making contact with the Indians . |
| 5 | That bucked us up a bit . |
| 6 | The whole thing sobers us up a bit , but unfortunately not much . |
| 7 | What 's more , he did n't come home at midday , when Sal served us up a dinner of fish and chips . |
| 8 | Cos he 's been playing us up a bit you know |
| 9 | But the storyteller has been using all his art to lead us up the garden path . |
| 10 | We could n't sense that , a few hundred feet above us up the ridge , David Simpson 's and Jane Lapiner 's house had shaken apart , that rocks had thundered down the cliff face opposite my house , that a mile to the north at the precise moment that we were walking through Jim 's house and I was spreading out the blueprints on the hood of my car to continue our conversation , an overturned electric coffee pot in the Petrolia store had already started a blaze that would finish off the store and our adjoining post office in about 45 minutes . |
| 11 | A change in our fortunes at Kenilworth Road will soon get us up the table . ’ |
| 12 | A London consortium took over Springfield Park last week , installed businessman Michael Morris on the board and issued specific instructions to Chief Executive Brian Hamilton : ‘ Get a few results and move us up the Second Division table . ’ |
| 13 | At the end of January Pop decided to go south to our villages , and sent us up the Irrawaddy to Maymyo . |
| 14 | It might only drive both of us up the poll ! |
| 15 | A gentle breeze helped nudge us up the first incline — then the next , and the next , before we reached a tricky scramble round a rocky peak . |
| 16 | The signs are not always immediately apparent or indicative , and can easily lead us up the garden path ; we have to learn to recognize the various spots and blemishes , however small . |
| 17 | The idea of the Sudan had followed us up the Nile like a rumour . |
| 18 | The only reference point to give us a sense of our height was the tiny boat on the beach beneath us , with the two fishermen , who had not only declined to follow us up the crater , but also expressed an urgent desire to avoid even setting foot on shore . |
| 19 | He wanted to pass us up the line of responsibility . |
| 20 | Perry leads us up the unlit stairwell , the smell of urine sharp in our nostrils . |
| 21 | Unless you 've been calling my bluff since day one , you should be able to see off any mere mortal who rubs us up the wrong way . ’ |