Example sentences of "he be up [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And has he been up to the top of the |
| 2 | ‘ Had he been up in the attic ? |
| 3 | Though after a moment of considering her question , seemed to think that there was no harm in revealing , ‘ I believe the dog does not take well to city life — he is up at the house . ’ |
| 4 | It is , by a long way , the greatest test yet of whether he is up to the job . |
| 5 | By the time he is up in the morning , I have already done a day 's work … |
| 6 | You know , he 's so uncomfortable he 's up at the crack of the dawn because that floor is really getting into him ! |
| 7 | ‘ He 's up at the section-house . |
| 8 | He 's up by the entrance and I can hardly go in there , can I ? ’ |
| 9 | and he 's up in the air , like this nanny |
| 10 | so he 's up in the air and they do this . |
| 11 | And he goes and he 's up in the bed , on the bed in a flash ! |
| 12 | ‘ He 's up in the Clubhouse , drinking with the winners . ’ |
| 13 | He 's up in the library already . ’ |
| 14 | Absolutely but he 's up against the fact that nobody wants to know what he 's doing . |
| 15 | ‘ No , ’ said the boy , ‘ but why did his wife say he was up on the roof if he was n't ? ’ |
| 16 | He was up on the podium , still a bit pale and puffy , but recovering gamely from her suicide . |
| 17 | When Dustin told Brooks that he was up for the part in The Graduate , Mel said , ‘ But you 're an ugly little rat . |
| 18 | In fact , it was while he was up for the interview that he read in The Times the advertisement that had brought him to Burleigh : |
| 19 | He was up at the crack of dawn doing something unspeakable to the turkey , but the kids were up anyway . |
| 20 | And he got his name and he was up in the quarry during the morning and he 's giving him his final warning that if he does that again he 'll book him . |
| 21 | Pete says that on one flight recently he was up in the air for nine hours so you have to take food and drink with you to keep going … in this country survival is not a problem but it can be hard when you 're flying across deserts and things like that |
| 22 | Tom picked up the two whiskeys and manoeuvred Patrick into the corner , pushing him into the seat first so that he was up against the wall . |