Example sentences of "up [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ I 've been fed up for the last few years and people have been telling me I am in danger of wasting my time . |
| 32 | Have you been er worrying about Margaret Thatcher tearing a pound note up for the last twelve thirteen years ? |
| 33 | As the crews tied up for the last time in Southampton , watched , and waited for by families and friends they had n't seen for eight months , many of them agreed getting back to a routine , going back to work , might by tough . |
| 34 | The Queen , the unit 's colonel-in-chief , stood watching a final march past by as the corps band struck up for the last time . |
| 35 | Newport were in shreds as Marcus Hannaford cleaned up for the third try . |
| 36 | At about the same time as Jayne and Dave were tying the knot , creative director Nadia Marks was limbering up for the 20th anniversary of her wedding to writer husband Graham , whom she met at art school . |
| 37 | Australia , battered by Larwood and Voce , were ready to call Darling up for the fourth Test . |
| 38 | No doubt this ‘ concession ’ was to soften him up for the next examination . |
| 39 | She was out every evening , sometimes staying away all night and coming back in the afternoon only to tart herself up for the next evening away . |
| 40 | He usually sleeps for a couple of days and then slowly builds himself up for the next trip . |
| 41 | Unfortunately I am tied up for the next month or so with filming commitments , but I hope we can arrange some time in July . |
| 42 | Angry with Nutty for her pigheadedness and superior airs , Nails did not turn up for the next swimming lesson . |
| 43 | Perhaps he thought that if he made a success of the concert party , word would get around amongst show business that here was someone to keep an eye on , and his big chance might come ; that someone important in the music world might come up to him with a contract in his hand and sign him up for the next ten years as a successor to Sir Malcolm Sargeant . |
| 44 | They 're warming us up for the next attack . ’ |
| 45 | He said : ‘ I am 24 now and I am signed up for the next five years . |
| 46 | He was also afraid that when he turned up for the next practice , Amber and Jeopardy 's argument would be resolved , and he would no longer be required . |
| 47 | Dana has missed a few fittings , but the earth wo n't stop turning and I 'm sure she 'll turn up for the next one . ’ |
| 48 | ‘ My rent is paid up for the next six months , ’ Caro had assured her airily , ‘ before I knew I was leaving . |
| 49 | I sat up for the next few nights , my head poking out of the back skylight of the loft , my ears straining for the tinkle of glass breaking or muffled curses , or the more usual signal of the birds being disturbed and taking flight , but nothing more happened . |
| 50 | ‘ Sorry , I 'm tied up for the next couple of months with long-haul business trips , ’ Ashley interrupted . |
| 51 | They holed up for the next two days in Leatherslade Farm House … at Oakley twenty seven miles away . |
| 52 | Christie … of course and two more Redgrave and Pinsent the Olympic rowers who this week started their build up for the next games … yes … in four years time … they 're our special guests in this week 's Friday Feature |
| 53 | Events lined up for the next few weeks include Indian dancer Bisakha Sarker performing as part of a Verbal Images event , a European Youth Dance Night , The Cholmondleys and V-Tol Dance Company . |
| 54 | But the way he 's going he could just end up as the next Vinnie Jones . |
| 55 | Employers constantly gnawed at the high level of wages which had been built up during the First World War . |
| 56 | Axelrod draws a moving illustration of the importance of the shadow of the future from a remarkable phenomenon that grew up during the First World War , the so-called live-and-let-live system . |
| 57 | He notes that any loss of earnings can usually be made up during the first ten years of work . |
| 58 | The ‘ standing army ’ of over a million unemployed was mopped up during the first year of hostilities , and between 1939 and 1943 almost 3 million jobs were added to the labour market , including many jobs for women . |
| 59 | It was suggested earlier that the agencies set up during the nineteenth century to implement social policies were often ad hoc bodies . |
| 60 | But although Biarritz still has a statue of Queen Victoria , that of Edward VII was blown up during the Second World War , on political rather than aesthetic or moral grounds it is said . |