Example sentences of "be up the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , they 're up the creek . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I think we 're up the creek . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ We 're up the creek because we do n't know where to go from here . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ We 're up the dale a bit . |
| 5 | HEAVEN is my witness that I do not want to be unfair to British Telecom , so I must , with frank and honest gaze , report that I have had several letters saying that I am up the pole in carrying on about the method of charging recently mentioned in this column . |
| 6 | They are also thinking too much about what counts and when you do that you are up the creek , and at the moment Gloucester have not got a paddle |
| 7 | I always say it will be done in a fortnight ; this gives me more leeway if things go wrong and if I get the garment finished before the two weeks are up the person is usually delighted . |
| 8 | ‘ I just been up the school , ’ answered Nelly , undoing her coat . |
| 9 | MARRIAGES which involve a partner who has been married before are more likely to end in the divorce courts than ones between two people who have never before been up the aisle . |
| 10 | ‘ So you 've been up the barrow , ’ Jos said out of the blue , as he lined up on the final double . |
| 11 | You can always tell when the clippers have been up the back of the neck . |
| 12 | Have you not been up the ramp before ? |
| 13 | He will have learnt from Iacocca , pursued excellence , been up the organization and spent one minute as a manager . |
| 14 | No and what 's happened is , he 's been up the bank and er the thing has |
| 15 | very pretty and er , it looks as if she ought to have been up the disco having a dance , any way |
| 16 | I 've not been up the garden at the back but those on the front are . |
| 17 | I 've been up the bath . |
| 18 | No , no there 's not I mean I 've been doing this for fifteen years , and quite simply is , if you like , I 've been up the ladder , the contacts that were I 've had were relatively junior fifteen years ago |
| 19 | It 's just been up the woman 's puss ! |
| 20 | Been up the library . |
| 21 | after we 've been up the club |
| 22 | Because of the political situation , the ferry route had to be up the west coast of Africa . |
| 23 | For a while there I thought we were going to be up the creek without a paddle . ’ |
| 24 | He told her : ‘ I dare n't be otherwise — because if I were ever in a compromising situation , if the police raided or if someone kissed and told I 'd be up the creek . ’ |
| 25 | Erm , they write down nothing , they remember nothing , and I have to phone these clowns every other day , to make sure that they 're doing what we agreed they 're going to , otherwise I have no panels next month for my stand , and I would be up the creek . |
| 26 | you would be up the creek without your paddle would n't you ? |
| 27 | Normally playing seated amphitheaters , our audience and the Mary Chain 's tend to be up the back on the lawns . |
| 28 | He 'd do all the slaughtering , do all that sort of business , but he would n't er he did , he used to come and help us Fridays and Saturdays but he 'd rather be up the farm on his tractor . |
| 29 | Our last patrol before Christmas was to be up the East coast to Buckie where we would leave the ship and travel home by train . |
| 30 | Officers took turns in conducting the Sunday morning service but every Sunday evening Eva would be up the front conducting the soldiers ' meeting . |