Example sentences of "[was/were] up [prep] the [noun sg] " 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 | 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 ! |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Not all were up to the standard of Miss Clarke , most were a lot older . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | All the clan from six to sixty were up on the hill before dawn , ready to drive the deer that would help feast them . |
| 8 | We were on remand for about three months and then we were up at the Crown court . |
| 9 | Susan giggled when the two lads were up at the bar . |
| 10 | She said , she turned to Mr Fleming and she said , ‘ Darling , do you mind when we were up at the Uni , and that … |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | In November 1987 they were up before the court on badger digging charges — one got off due to inadequate evidence . |
| 13 | I was able to take controls of the aircraft when we were up in the sky . |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 … |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ One minute she were up by the carriage , the next she were down on her back like a tumbled ewe . ’ |
| 19 | Andy Melville was up with the attack and took his chance well . |
| 20 | You know both sides were very happy you know it was up with the company or down with the company you know , and I think certainly the younger lads sort of saw it as an infringement upon their future , you know we 've all got mortgages and the o older men who 'd been working since the quarry started you know were gon na see a drop in their standard of living , so I think you know people were getting a bit upset you know that a n a new fella h a new face had come in , and all of a sudden you know changes were being made that were gon na hurt everybody financially . |
| 21 | Now I was up with the world 's elite sprinters , with Ben and Carl , Calvin and Dennis . |
| 22 | out for me and erm , when he went in on Monday , erm it was the other one the lad that actually owns it , so I was in there for about bloody half an hour and we came home with some samples and one that I quite liked it was up on the wall and he said that is my best selling Axminster that I had , and it was like , it was maybe it was a bit too busy , it was , it was greyey and it was all different other colours in it , but it was a lot of flowers on it , it was n't a traditional Axminster you see Mike loves these traditional Axminsters and he does n't really , he wo n't really entertain anything else , erm , anyway I brought that sample home and what else ? |
| 23 | he said , she said I thought that was his name , cos his name was up on the board I said oh yeah |
| 24 | The curtains were still pulled and the do-not-disturb sign was up on the door . |
| 25 | Everyone was up on the sun deck in the early morning as we approached the magnificent twin peaks of this imposing looking island . |
| 26 | The first time I met her was up on the platform . |
| 27 | Then the American announcer said , ‘ The bronze medal , Linford Christie , Great Britain , ’ and I was up on the plinth , the medal was around my neck and the Union Jacks were waving . |
| 28 | I was up on the box all the time ! ’ |
| 29 | The Monkey-boy , hastily found acceptable clothes , was up on the box , his dressing-case — the inherited , wealthy proof of his existence — set inside the coach like an ark , an altar . |
| 30 | Its reflection on the water surface of the river at Abingdon advanced towards me , in this case not exactly to my feet because I was up on the bridge , but whatever else I managed to achieve in the picture I had to make this plane of the river advance . |