Example sentences of "[was/were] up [prep] [art] " 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 | A headmaster friend told me recently that he had burst into a classroom mistakenly thinking some pupils were up to no good , only to discover it was drama ; and I recall one of my own students , in playing the role of a prisoner-of-war camp commandant berating the ‘ prisoners ’ and warning them that he had ways of finding out where the missing prisoner was if he did n't own up , was somewhat taken aback to hear the voice of the school caretaker call from the other end of the drama hall , ‘ There 's a boy here , Mr. Ainscough , skulking by this radiator ’ ! |
| 3 | The business with the whore had proved that they were up to no good . |
| 4 | yeah , it was , the bit I saw was that policeman when he goes although those two were up to no good |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | If it were up to the faithful in Blackpool , Margaret Thatcher would go ‘ on and on ’ . |
| 7 | Not all were up to the standard of Miss Clarke , most were a lot older . |
| 8 | No doubt many more boys were up to the same tricks , but convention ruled that they were better able to look after themselves . |
| 9 | 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 ! |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Some were up to an inch wide and ten or eleven inches long . |
| 12 | Sales volumes in May were up on a year ago for the fifth month in a row but they remained well below normal for the time of year , he said . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | All the clan from six to sixty were up on the hill before dawn , ready to drive the deer that would help feast them . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Susan giggled when the two lads were up at the bar . |
| 18 | She said , she turned to Mr Fleming and she said , ‘ Darling , do you mind when we were up at the Uni , and that … |
| 19 | We were on remand for about three months and then we were up at the Crown court . |
| 20 | Oh were up at the Safeway ? |
| 21 | I thought you were up with the latest fashions . |
| 22 | This was always going to be a difficult match for Hammer to win , as they were up against a ‘ Mill side eager to take the trophy for the first time since 1974 . |
| 23 | Obviously the scum are an exception and we all want them to loose , it was a shame they were up against a more charitable defence than ours . |
| 24 | They were up against a side encouraged by a large , partisan crowd but kept their discipline and got a good result . |
| 25 | They were up against the absolute certainty of guilt expressed by all the parties weighed against them . |
| 26 | Each time Rugby Canada were up against the big names . |
| 27 | We were not alone in our dilemma , for all the other prahus in the fleet around us were up against the same deadline . |
| 28 | ‘ It was funny to see those agents ’ faces when they discovered they were up against the famous Marc Vila ! |
| 29 | 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 |
| 30 | In November 1987 they were up before the court on badger digging charges — one got off due to inadequate evidence . |