Example sentences of "up [prep] [num ord] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | But you had a bit of flare up A You flared up in last time you had came off it , did n't you ? |
2 | On the entertainments side er , last year of course we had that one-off benefit with not having to absorb the first quarter 's loss and this year the er first quarter was pretty disastrous because we had an er er an er amalgamation of , of A the Gulf War B the recession and in London I R A bombing and that really stopped tourists coming to London from overseas and from the rest of the U K. But I 'm pleased to say that er we , we 're coming back very strongly and for instance in July at virtually all of our centres attendances were either up to last year very nearl very nearly up to last year or ahead of last year and er at Chessington our revenue was thirteen and a half percent up on last year which I think justifies our investment there . |
3 | If you are good at expanding functions up to second order you might like to attempt Example 2.5 . |
4 | Up to last year we used to collect used postage stamps and then when our dear friend Father Burbage left for Zambia we had to abandon it because we had no idea where they were sent to . |
5 | Up to last year it would have been justifiable not to show rugby until October . |
6 | But up to that time up to last year you were |