Example sentences of "be up with the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That morning Sara had been up with the dawn to walk for the last time in the castle grounds to say goodbye to her doves , her servants , her horses and her hounds , the last of which seemed to sense what was happening and started howling as soon as she had departed . |
| 2 | He would be up with the morning chorus , while Beth was happy to mooch around for hours in her nightdress , drinking black coffee , smoking cigarettes and watching breakfast television . |
| 3 | ‘ What 's up with the man ? |
| 4 | ‘ What 's up with the fellow ? |
| 5 | So it 's up with the lark , my girl ! ’ |
| 6 | The voice is still languishing , wasted in its rumpled bed , but the guitar is up with the sun , out the window and scaling such dizzy heights that it manages to drag the chorus into a deliciously wounded country yodel . |
| 7 | Andy Melville was up with the attack and took his chance well . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Now I was up with the world 's elite sprinters , with Ben and Carl , Calvin and Dennis . |