Example sentences of "was [adv] up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Before the accident I was right up with the leaders , ’ he said . |
| 2 | I mean it was right up to the wall , and the we 'd have bothered . |
| 3 | er , and if you , not quite as short as you did last time , you see when you combed it up last time it was right up to the top just a little bit |
| 4 | and there was this dump truck sort of about two foot out , he 'd obviously changed his mind and sort of had er stopped , had a Reliant Regal , you know a Reliant Regal it was right up to the windscreen and there was a pile of glass in , you know everywhere it was |
| 5 | It sounded as if it was somewhere up in the farm buildings . |
| 6 | De Vere Green was already up in the seat of the converted Sno-cat that they used as a tractor , its caterpillar track ideal for use in the harsh Dartmoor winters . |
| 7 | Favourite backers had few anxious moments about the narrow margins involved in their investment , however , as Pencader was always up with the leaders and quickened at the furlong pole to score by two lengths . |
| 8 | The son of Rainbow Quest was always up with the leaders that day , clearly enjoying himself on the easy ground and eventually racing three and a half lengths clear . |
| 9 | And his German was hardly up to the task of pursuing the matter . |
| 10 | ANDRE Agassi 's first tournament appearance for two months was still up in the air last night even though he officially withdrew from next week 's grass court event in Halle . |
| 11 | As he turned , the leg was straight up in the air , a position I 'd only ever seen Springsteen get into voluntarily . |
| 12 | I was practically up at the top as well , I was really pissed off , just sitting there for like , for two hours , whilst my dad went all the way down to the bottom of this thing . |
| 13 | Indeed as early as April 1944 the US secretary of war , Henry Stimson , argued that it was now up to the " virile " Americans to defeat the Axis . |
| 14 | Mr Hunsley said it was now up to the AA to find other duty solicitors . |
| 15 | Mr Hunsley said it was now up to the AA to find other duty solicitors . |
| 16 | Following a meeting with Energy Minister Tim Eggar , Clwyd North West MP Rod Richards said he was convinced it was now up to the colliery management to present a strong enough case for the pit to be taken off the Government hit-list . |
| 17 | Anyway that thought decided me to make for the bedroom but I was late starting and had only just reached the top of the stairs when he was half-way up with the big brown teapot held in his pelting position . |
| 18 | But if you do have pe people will say if you do h have those weaknesses and if er there were times that he could was quite up to the joshing and the name calling , there were times when he was n't , the very fact that there were times when he was n't , does n't that tell you that perhaps the Army was n't the place for him ? |
| 19 | It was then up to the industry 's writers to find amusing and diverting ways to explore these important questions , sustain morale and present an image of British strength to the outside world . |
| 20 | It was primarily up to the women to devise strategies for saving money , especially within spheres of expenditure that they both managed and controlled . |
| 21 | Twenty fi I mean last week there was a hundred sixty in and that was actually up on the previous couple of weeks , just |
| 22 | Although the New Zealand team had a top wicketkeeper in Ken James , who was compared to Bert Oldfield , in ability , the Kiwi fielding was never up to the standard of today 's players . |