Example sentences of "be up on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I am up on the train tomorrow . |
| 2 | ‘ Jane 's finishing is the reason we are up on the rostrum with a bronze medal in our hands . |
| 3 | ‘ Jane 's finishing is the reason we are up on the rostrum with a bronze medal in our hands . |
| 4 | SunSoft claims many SCO Unix and Open Desktop applications now feature amongst the 5,000-odd software packages it says are up on the operating system . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | All the clan from six to sixty were up on the hill before dawn , ready to drive the deer that would help feast them . |
| 7 | It 's up on the poster here as well . |
| 8 | ‘ Look , Mum — it 's up on the screen . ’ |
| 9 | Juice is up on the top there . |
| 10 | Once the application is up on the HP Apollo 9000 Series 700 workstation family , Hewlett-Packard promises to provide marketing and sales programmes , such as promotions , through its direct sales force , resellers and distributors . |
| 11 | His cottage is up on the mountain and he 'll be grazing up there … ’ |
| 12 | 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 ? |
| 13 | he said , she said I thought that was his name , cos his name was up on the board I said oh yeah |
| 14 | The curtains were still pulled and the do-not-disturb sign was up on the door . |
| 15 | Everyone was up on the sun deck in the early morning as we approached the magnificent twin peaks of this imposing looking island . |
| 16 | The first time I met her was up on the platform . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I was up on the box all the time ! ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I was up on the hill when the woman came . |
| 22 | ‘ No , ’ said the boy , ‘ but why did his wife say he was up on the roof if he was n't ? ’ |
| 23 | In fact , as I recall , I was up on the step-ladder dusting the portrait of Viscount Wetherby when my employer had entered carrying a few volumes which he presumably wished returned to the shelves . |
| 24 | ‘ Last Saturday night I was up on the stage being congratulated on winning the car . |
| 25 | He was up on the podium , still a bit pale and puffy , but recovering gamely from her suicide . |