Example sentences of "[adv] [be] up [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He 's only been up since quarter to three
2 And our all round cricket has not been up to standard . ’
3 Wright is not that much of a loss — in the games he has played for the national team which i have seen he has not been up to par .
4 She knew she had been dismissed from Algox because she had not been up for grabs .
5 I 've just been up to Tesco 's .
6 So , surely there could be no objection to someone taking a look at a place that would soon be up for sale anyway ?
7 ANYONE CONCERNED that their camcorder skills might not be up to par could consider doing what some New Yorkers have done — take a ‘ how to ’ class in X-rated video production .
8 him but er he might not be up in time anyway , cos he 's got a lot of work to do and he thinks he might be up all night tonight , in which case , he wo n't be getting up very early in the morning .
9 Have you ever been up to Clogwyn Du'r Arddu in the pouring rain and the vilest weather ?
10 They were written during the thirties , but much of it would still be up to date — after all , I do not imagine German bombs have altered our countryside so significantly .
11 For , of course , no matter what it decides , it will still have to comprise a desirable process for the market makers and it will still be up to investors to risk putting their money into the companies concerned .
12 However , the laws do not tell us what the universe should have looked like when it started — it would still be up to God to wind up the clockwork and choose how to start it off .
13 PUNTERS at Huntingdon yesterday were up in arms after Bully Boy , the outsider of three , stormed home by a distance in the Long Sutton Handicap Chase .
14 Regional and runners-up prizes will also be up for grabs .
15 • It seems that Danielle Dax 's ‘ Pop Eyes ’ , once a contender in the NME indie charts , could also be up for re-release through WSD .
16 And the Katowice defender will also be up against Graham Taylor 's men in the World Cup qualifying group .
17 ‘ You 'd rather be up against androids ? ’
18 Rather than looking abroad , smart European bankers will already have realised that with banks like Chase Manhattan and Security Pacific pulling back from Europe , some of the best corporate business will now be up for grabs in their own backyards .
19 ‘ She has n't been up to London yet .
20 cos I 'm going to , when the next time I see him , I ai n't been up to Humbersome for about three month though
21 And it would be yesterday morning again , and she had n't been up to Hunter Ward and eavesdropped on a conversation .
22 I do n't know I have n't been up for years .
23 ‘ I have n't been up in winter but I was on the south-west face in 1972 when we finally gave up our attempt in mid-November , and we were only getting a taste of the conditions they will face .
24 No he wo n't be up to midnight if he has n't got the car and the last train goes before then .
25 My stay here is up in May 1992 and I am planning to get my master 's degree in Knitwear/Textile design with emphasis on computer assisted design and manufacture .
26 The Fabians had indeed been up to Tafahi , about a month before .
27 So do n't start this work until everything else is up to date .
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