Example sentences of "time [pron] [vb past] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean , I 'd had the feeling before , a bit , the first couple of times I went up on the End , it was that much closer to the spindle . |
| 2 | Anyway , we 've finished all we can eat of this Cambozola , and the wine bottle is only good for sticking candles in , and we are still sitting on the carpet lit by one small lamp somewhere over in the corner , and she keeps filling in the pauses by staring into my eyes as if she 's checking I do n't wear false eyelashes , and I start to think it 's about time I got up off the floor . |
| 3 | Then after a long time I got up with the help of a friend . |
| 4 | ‘ There was the time I turned up at the Arts Lab ( first and last time ) to see the Dylan film and could n't afford it . |
| 5 | Doyle dreaded to think of how many mistakes were appearing on the court transcript , each time she looked up at the corner of the room , where the CI5 men sat , and found two youthful , smiling faces , fixing her with meaningful looks . |
| 6 | For them , especially , it 's time we caught up with the rest of the European Community and extended to all workers employment protection , pro rata benefits and pay , as well as parental leave and childcare . |
| 7 | By the time we caught up with the three men at the top of the ladder , they were attempting to heave the coffin into its grotto with a series of hefty swings which caused a wave-motion to be generated in the ladder , very nearly sending us all to the ground sixty feet below . |
| 8 | By the time they woke up to the fact that many people would be only 2p a week better off , Smith had gained the headlines with the claim that eight out of 10 families gained . |
| 9 | It ca n't have been very convenient for you that time he rang up in the middle of the night drunk after someone else 's party . ’ |