Example sentences of "[was/were] up [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | They were up against a side encouraged by a large , partisan crowd but kept their discipline and got a good result . |
| 3 | COMPLAINTS against the Lothian and Borders police force were up by a quarter last year , deputy chief constable Hector Clark told councillors yesterday . |
| 4 | At last I was up on a level with him . |
| 5 | It was up on a height suppose . |
| 6 | Then I was up for a second — and the next wave hit me . ’ |
| 7 | If he was up for a part in a Night Nurse commercial he 'd be sure to get it unless Mickey Rourke turned up for the same audition . |
| 8 | Once the basic outline of the artist 's sketches were reproduced , it was up to a team of colourists , some obviously better than others , to colour the 200 or so copies of each plate . |
| 9 | Previously a small claim , under the small claims procedure , was up to a maximum of £500 . |
| 10 | Retired businessman Roger Sullivan was up against a telephone bidder … |
| 11 | He could see Steen 's face in its pained repose , and felt certain that he was up against a case of murder . |
| 12 | Next , surely , he must have thought he was up against a demon intent on destroying him for no reason at all . |
| 13 | It all seemed straightforward , but Mrs Lersky was up against a dilemma : |
| 14 | Since the bombing raids began over Iraq , Britons have flocked to join the army ( inquiries in London have quintupled ) ; to give blood ( in Plymouth alone , more than 1,600 people volunteered in the first few days , and 110,000 followed suit across the country ) ; and to say their prayers ( Winchester Cathedral reported that the congregation for Matins last Sunday was up by a half on the usual number ) . |
| 15 | She was up in a flash . |
| 16 | The man was up like a cat , crouching , legs apart , the pale lights of the motor yacht shimmering on the knife in his hand , spittle foaming at the corners of his mouth , mad eyes . |
| 17 | We were downstairs , laid out like sardines under the Morrison shelter , but when this happened my Dad was up like a shot and racing up the stairs with a bucket of sand , ready to throw it over what we assumed was an incendiary bomb which had come through the roof . |