Example sentences of "be up [prep] last " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Sales are up on last year . |
2 | Entries are up on last year but they come mainly from ‘ middle of the road ’ competitors whose goal will be finishing rather than winning this marathon . |
3 | ‘ Takings are up on last year and we have n't had a price rise in over twelve months . ’ |
4 | Their expertise lies in enabling others and others to take advantage of arts facilities and helping them erm or working with them to produce the things that happen , for example all the erm posters which were up during last years festival erm were produced in conjunction with community arts which erm has erm er produced on Ditchfern Place , erm and earlier this morning I was thinking that up as I think other councillors did , that more serious of projects which community arts are now entering into er in Chesterton in particularly in the children erm I think councillors went to Dickfield women 's photograph project and it is things like that about giving people confidence to join arts in a way erm with which they might never otherwise have experienced and the community arts have taken just that . |
5 | ‘ I do n't know , I 'm sure , what you two were up to last night , and it 's none of my business , but it 's a great pity that Carole has packed her bags , ’ she said . |
6 | ‘ Whatever you and Peter were up to last night , ’ he went on savagely , ‘ it was n't enough to satisfy you . |
7 | Although they showed a monetary loss , the number of members recruited was up on last year . |