Example sentences of "up [prep] [adj] [conj] [num] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 The span of conception useful to gather that three is the best number and dividing it up into threes and threes again was simplest and effective way of setting it up .
2 A twenty-strong animal pack-train could carry only around 3 tons and even a wagon , hauled at walking pace by six or eight horses , was restricted to 3 tons up to 1765 and 6 thereafter .
3 He thinks nothing of staying up till two or three o'clock in the morning in casinos , although I tell him it 's very , very bad for one 's constitution to have irregular hours .
4 He added : ‘ They wake people up at one or two o'clock in the morning with their laughing and shouting . ’
5 The poor chap 's having to get up at two or three o'clock in the morning , this is being paid for it .
6 They ring up at seven and eight o'clock at night .
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