Example sentences of "up [adv] [prep] the big " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other scullions were running in with ladders and lengths of rope , climbing up on to the big stove and scrambling up to the messy lip of the vat in which , judging by the amount of splashing and screaming , the small attendant still survived . |
| 2 | He waved her to a comfortable old armchair , and she sank into its deep cushions , curling up apprehensively on the big seat , her eyes watching him guardedly , trembling at the thought of what he had in store for her . |
| 3 | ‘ If we want to be up there with the big boys then let's study and use their tactics . ’ |
| 4 | I visited the local Oxfordshire set ups , that 's Williams , Benneton and Leyton House in the last couple of weeks , and all of them say ‘ Eddy 's got a good car , a good chassis , a good engine and he 's got good finance ’ , and they expect him to be right up there with the big names from the start . |
| 5 | How are things up there in the Big Apple ? ’ |