Example sentences of "[was/were] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Actors have not yet been announced , but the appealing rumour that Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder were up for the lead roles has been denied |
| 2 | American travellers became stranded in Europe and turned into expatriates or exiles in Henry James 's novels , shadowy amalgamation of foreign manners with shreds of familiar accents that were up to the narrator to decipher , but it could n't happen to her , not in 1928 , even with a crash . |
| 3 | If it were up to the faithful in Blackpool , Margaret Thatcher would go ‘ on and on ’ . |
| 4 | Not all were up to the standard of Miss Clarke , most were a lot older . |
| 5 | No doubt many more boys were up to the same tricks , but convention ruled that they were better able to look after themselves . |
| 6 | He 'd a French cocked-hat on his forehead , a bunch of lace at his chin A coat of the claret velvet , and breeches of brown doe-skin : They fitted with never a wrinkle ; his boots were up to the thigh ! |
| 7 | His boots were up to the thigh , and he rode with a jewelled twinkle , his pistols but a twinkle , his rapier hilt a twinkle under the jewelled sky . |
| 8 | We were up on the top floor and Ralph Horton came up to listen to us and was impressed , although I think he was more impressed with David than us . |
| 9 | All the hives were up on the moor , and there was little to do except check that no fieldmice were getting into them , sniff them to detect foul brood , listen for late swarms , and cut out a comb from any that weighed too full . |
| 10 | All the clan from six to sixty were up on the hill before dawn , ready to drive the deer that would help feast them . |
| 11 | The sailors were up on the yards now , and setting more sails ; the huge stretches of canvas bellied outward and upward , and Sara felt the ship come alive under her feet , the bow dipping and the first hiss of white bubbles and foam going along the side . |
| 12 | Susan giggled when the two lads were up at the bar . |
| 13 | She said , she turned to Mr Fleming and she said , ‘ Darling , do you mind when we were up at the Uni , and that … |
| 14 | We were on remand for about three months and then we were up at the Crown court . |
| 15 | Oh were up at the Safeway ? |
| 16 | I thought you were up with the latest fashions . |
| 17 | They were up against the absolute certainty of guilt expressed by all the parties weighed against them . |
| 18 | Each time Rugby Canada were up against the big names . |
| 19 | We were not alone in our dilemma , for all the other prahus in the fleet around us were up against the same deadline . |
| 20 | ‘ It was funny to see those agents ’ faces when they discovered they were up against the famous Marc Vila ! |
| 21 | Yeah , we er , we won the , the losers trophy twice , we got first round trophy , got knocked out the first round to go to that , me , half , half the decent teams were knocked out in the first round , you know , we were , we were playing sort of , that , that was , nine times out of ten that was the real cup , I mean we , we were up against the league champions once |
| 22 | In November 1987 they were up before the court on badger digging charges — one got off due to inadequate evidence . |
| 23 | We used to stand it in the window to cool down so that we could get a cool drink — it was April and temperatures were up in the nineties and there was no water on the train . |
| 24 | All the balloons were up in the Channel when we finally got there , and we dodged all around them trying to find the closest field in England . |
| 25 | I was able to take controls of the aircraft when we were up in the sky . |
| 26 | It was all over after 41 laps when Hill 's engine blew … his hopes and those of all the home fans were up in the smoke … |
| 27 | And I was very naughty I , I felt like saying well some of their , they , them are n't er do you remember the very last time we were up in the hospital at the waiting area , there was those two nurses that walked up and down |
| 28 | I wished I 'd had a poke round when we were up by the cliff — he probably had a little cave in there behind the brambles . |
| 29 | ‘ One minute she were up by the carriage , the next she were down on her back like a tumbled ewe . ’ |
| 30 | Trouble was he lived at Selsit , which was up over the Pennine Way , across the high moor , and it meant a three-hour trek there and back . |