Example sentences of "be up [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're up like a lark the next morning . |
| 2 | Because when my government does see the pattern — you 're quite right they do n't want to see it right now and my D-G is n't helping them — but when these people do the next thing , and it 'll have to be something big — they 're up against a deadline on Berlin they 've already escalated it from forged documents to drugging people to shooting them God knows what comes next well when something new happens the lone psychopath theory will be dead , dead , dead . |
| 3 | I mean we 're up against a wall . |
| 4 | Now I do n't see that there 's likely to be any connection , but since we 're up against a brick wall in the Stavanger case , I 've come to pick your brains . " |
| 5 | " You say you 're up against a brick wall — well , that 's just where we got to in the Southwark Bridge case . |
| 6 | Our solicitor is fighting for that , but we seem as though we 're up against a brick wall at the moment , so we 'll have to just wait and see . |
| 7 | Crusaders know only too well they 're up against a class outfit . |
| 8 | The alternatives are up to a pint of seed bait , such as sweetcorn , a pint of casters , etc . |
| 9 | In their personal freedom I would n't say they are free like English girls but they are up to a point . |
| 10 | They and the opposition are up against a tradition of oppression that goes back to Tamerlane . |
| 11 | We are up against a ceiling and if we added new areas to the map , we should have to remove other areas . |
| 12 | The water authority responded with its case : ‘ We are up against a lot of pressure from landowners to do something about the flooding . ’ |
| 13 | Dividends are up by a quarter to 11.4p , after a final of 7½p payable on May 27 , with earnings growing in line to 54½p . |
| 14 | Nonetheless , the fact that there have been up to a score of document leaks in the past month means the report is being given widespread credence . |
| 15 | Nonetheless , the fact that there have been up to a score of document leaks in the past month means the report is being given widespread credence . |
| 16 | ‘ I have n't been up for a while , ’ her father said , implying a total absence of mind , and some of body , too . |
| 17 | So the Stenness Hotel has been up for a while then . |
| 18 | cos I said you 'll be here to midnight David and then on the day we were going he stopped me and Jane , little Jane , she was coming down the stairs behind me , I 'd been up for a fax , and I do n't know where she 'd been , she was behind me and as she come down the stairs I was listening and he said got her hand ooh he said I am gon na miss you my dear , so she said yes I 'll miss Hodems as well , he said you have got a way with your words have n't you , he said for one strange minute I thought you were gon na say you 'll miss me too |
| 19 | I 've been up for a bath and we 've been looking at the room I shall occupy . |
| 20 | ‘ Look dear , Joe 's just been up with a tray of sumptuous goodies . |
| 21 | Maya said , ‘ You ever been up in a helicopter ? ’ |
| 22 | it was done in a very un-run way , because the notice , the notice was , was er it 'd be up about a couple of days and then it 'd come down , you see , so it did n't give anybody a lot of chance , but anyway now it 's been passed you see it goes ahead and that 's all there is to it , he , he has n't start doing it yet but |
| 23 | Some economists say the net effect will be up to a 50% cut in European production capabilities . |
| 24 | By the time some pupils reach secondary school they can be up to a year behind classmates who have had the proper amount of teaching , Government insiders claim . |
| 25 | Experts warned last night that it could be up to a year before he is returned to Jersey . |
| 26 | Present day rent free periods can be up to a year or even longer , and the tenant will not wish to make the first payment of rent on the date of the lease where the Rent Commencement Date is 12 months hence . |
| 27 | It will then be up to a care manager to decide on the level of service . |
| 28 | In an andesite , the phenocrysts may be up to a centimetre across ; the groundmass ( or jam ) is extremely fine-grained , and is often glassy , even in the centres of flows . |
| 29 | Despite the brisk sales reported in the last few days before Christmas , December saw a small decline in retail trade compared with the previous year , according to the Confederation of British Industry 's distributive trades panel , said on Tuesday that many retailers had reported a disappointing Christmas , although the results were an improvement on recent months and sales in January were expected to be up on a year ago . |
| 30 | If we let Blagg go to hospital the cops get him , and he could be up on a murder charge . |