Example sentences of "[Wh det] [pers pn] [verb] be up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The King 's mail never seemed to catch up with him , and now I did n't want Charlie to find out what I had been up to until I had the chance to witness his reaction for myself . |
| 2 | Nutty changed , and felt obliged to confess to her parents what she had been up to . |
| 3 | Over the first course I made the usual polite inquiries about Sally 's new job and asked her what she had been up to for the last half-dozen years or so . |
| 4 | ‘ I ca n't think , ’ said Betty , looking suspiciously at Lydia , as though wondering what she had been up to while her own attention had been elsewhere . |
| 5 | So he did n't know what she 'd been up to . |
| 6 | In the second part of our brand new series , Mary Thomson describes what she has been up to , and charts the progress of her promising baby , King Basil . |
| 7 | But we 'll know exactly what she 's been up to when we get a look at her Jolly Roger . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ D' you mind tellin' me what you 've been up to all day ? ’ demanded Dolly . |
| 9 | Right , that over , report on what you 've been up to and the condition of your ankle . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ And you 're lucky to get that , given what you 've been up to , ’ Sylvie said coldly . |
| 11 | I know what you 've been up to . |
| 12 | I 'd like to hear what you 've been up to . ’ |
| 13 | What you 've been up to too ? |
| 14 | What you did was up to you , was n't it ? |
| 15 | Perhaps it was that , or frustration , or , more probable still , a queer kind of prudery — he would rather his mother thought him a brute than realize what we had been up to — that made him hit me . |
| 16 | He had been let down several times , they had done all sorts of things without asking him , and sometimes he only found out what they 'd been up to when the papers rang for comment . |
| 17 | I do n't know , if you 're like me but , I must confess , I I get er , I would n't say pleasure , but I rather like those incidents where he tells the disciples off , not because he 's telling them off , but because I can fit in wi with what they 've been up to ! |
| 18 | What they do is up to them and you should n't feel that you have to copy them . |
| 19 | She could n't care less what he had been up to , but quite suddenly it had become imperative that she steer the conversation away from herself and divert the interest he was showing in her . |
| 20 | ‘ She 'd have been more than concerned if she 'd known what he 'd been up to over the previous few weeks ! ’ said Harris drily . |
| 21 | So that was what he 'd been up to in Berlin , Loretta thought . |
| 22 | So , if you ever see anyone roaring along the street on a motorbike wearing a suit of armour with a carpet in his mouth and being pelted with armadillos , you 'll know what he 's been up to … |
| 23 | Anna was inclined to think that most of them would only notice if he looked disgustingly well , when they could say suspiciously to one another , The Rector looks all right , does n't he , wonder what he 's been up to ? |
| 24 | I wonder what he 's been up to now ? ’ |
| 25 | I do n't know what he 's been up to , |
| 26 | If we 're to help him get his magic back I 'm going to need to know just what he 's been up to . |
| 27 | To see what he has been up to lately visit Curt Marcus before the 31st of the month . |
| 28 | To see what he has been up to lately , visit Nancy Hoffman before 2 December . |
| 29 | He kicked his holdall out of the way and flopped down on to the sofa , quite exhausted by whatever he had been up to since the day he left . |