Example sentences of "[vb past] up [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 Miguel must have rung the policía , because their car drew up at the same time as Miguel 's jeep .
2 ‘ Piece of cake , ’ Nails agreed as they lined up for the first time on the pool edge .
3 I expect I woke up at the wrong time .
4 Late in March Mahmoud showed up for the first time since the Yanks had moved out .
5 But then the weather changed and although things were given and flowering it was cold and windy and it seemed strange there should be all that blossom , wrong like , as if it had made a mistake and popped up at the wrong time — that was because I had felt the warmth of those few nice days .
6 As the crews tied up for the last time in Southampton , watched , and waited for by families and friends they had n't seen for eight months , many of them agreed getting back to a routine , going back to work , might by tough .
7 ‘ It could be inferred from the date of university graduation , provided of course , that he went up at the usual time . ’
8 We rolled up at the same time , I on my bike , the Parsons in their BMW .
9 At his first school , Stockwell Junior School , David dressed up for the first time in a school nativity play .
10 The Queen , the unit 's colonel-in-chief , stood watching a final march past by as the corps band struck up for the last time .
11 These authorities are presided over by the National Water Council , set up at the same time to be a central co-ordinating body to give advice on major matters of policy ( Times , 1978 ) .
12 He stood up at the same time as she did , and caught her as she made for the door .
13 Outside his ears picked up for the first time the rustling of invisible leaves and the rattle of window-frames : the wind was rising .
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