Example sentences of "[be] up [prep] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Meanwhile , until we know what the Kamalians are up to the more people we have on the job the better . |
| 2 | As it is , we are up on the same period last year , but sales through the till are down by nearly 8% . ’ |
| 3 | Recession has hit some towns harder than others , and Bookland branches reflected this in sales over the Christmas period ranging from 20% up to declines of 15%l ‘ Overall takings will be up by a few points , but volume will be very slightly down . ’ |
| 4 | No doubt many more boys were up to the same tricks , but convention ruled that they were better able to look after themselves . |
| 5 | We were not alone in our dilemma , for all the other prahus in the fleet around us were up against the same deadline . |
| 6 | Geoffrey Markham , the youngest Cumbermound boy , was up at the same time and they and the Bishop 's son , Thomas , formed something of a set . |
| 7 | The debtor was prima facie in the wrong and the creditor in the right , and it was up to the former to extricate himself from the charge to which he had laid himself open . |
| 8 | He even tried sneaking back to the library at night , thinking the Bookman might appear after dark , but had to stop this when he backed into Mr Crangle , who was up to the same thing . |