Example sentences of "you [be] up [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Have you been up to Joe 's ? |
2 | You are only fifteen , and if your parents will not take responsibility for you , and you will not tell us what you are up at night , the only alternative is for you to go into care . |
3 | Yes you 're up on Sunday , yeah |
4 | So then you 're up to date , but three in the afternoon you 've got the C B S evening news , 'cos they 're also three hours earlier . |
5 | ‘ Well , give me a ring when you 're up in London , or rather before — when you 're better , that is . |
6 | ‘ If you 're up in London tomorrow — ’ Guy broke into the conversation calmly , having opted for a wedge of Virginia 's baked raisin cheesecake in preference to fresh strawberries , or rich chocolate gâteau , ‘ I 've got two tickets for the American Ballet Theatre . ’ |
7 | If the word , son , there , you the decide , sing child if you feel more comfortable with that , you 're up in arms . |
8 | J.B. Well again you see you 're up against tradition all the time , are n't you ? |
9 | ‘ When you 've got nothing except just your bare life and you 're up against destiny or death . |
10 | If you 've had speeding disqualification er speeding points and you were up for disqualification because you 'd totted up twelve points |
11 | ‘ I 'd like to know what you were up to while I was away , ’ said Constance . |
12 | This problem is only because you 're doing them retrospectively , if you were up to date you would n't have a problem at all would you ? |
13 | What was that beak we used to mob up — air-nair , you were up to Wettie Wilkinson , for Constrair . |
14 | It 's terribly suspicious , Reinhard , you being up in Denmark when the old fox flies away . |
15 | When you was up at Teddys thought a bit little and it was , it was achanical . |
16 | Thank god when you was up in Liverpool up there somewhere , and she was working in that factory , she was at it every day , I was |