Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [be] up since " in BNC.

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1 I 've been up since the crack of dawn . ’
2 I 've been up since six . ’
3 I 've been up since half past seven .
4 I 've been up since quarter to five .
5 No , he 'll be out went out at ten to seven but over a sort of I 've been up since seven , I 've not really sat down all day .
6 She had been up since six , but respect for the Shills ' privacy had made her refrain from enquiring until 9.30 .
7 ‘ I daresay she 's been up since three , being horsey . ’ )
8 She 's been up since six and he is up
9 He 'd been up since six trying to fix his motorbike .
10 Yeah cos if it was as bad as he said it was , I mean he would only stand up for one or two hours at a time , whereas he 'd been up since nine , he was still sitting up at one o'clock when I arrived there
11 He had been up since five to meet the boat from which he was being exploited .
12 Even though he 's been up since six at his job in the City and is absolutely starving , the Hooray must wait until 10.30pm and then ‘ gair-airt-dinner ’ or ‘ gair-fair-n-Indi ’ .
13 but Reggie , Reggie will come in and go straight to bed , he 's been up since about quarter to four
14 ‘ Some of us have been up since six-thirty and I like to read .
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