Example sentences of "[verb] up [prep] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | B : ‘ That would be wonderful but I think we will be saving up for a long time . |
| 2 | Experience tells us that many people who take up jogging , cycling , and other aerobic routines often sustain injuries , or simply give up after a short time . |
| 3 | And Gordon 's use of the melodramatic ( a vital dose of vanishingly scarce penicillin to treat a key character turns up at a crucial time ) is disappointing alongside the excellence of his writing elsewhere . |
| 4 | Tonight was just the culmination of what 's been building up for a long time . ’ |
| 5 | You might say that this thing had been brewing up for a long time , that the threat was there ; they had n't seen it . |
| 6 | You might be locked up for a long time , or you might be given a fine , which is taken out of your weekly allowance . |
| 7 | One pauper was locked up for a short time and when let out he was very quiet and all of them have been so since . ’ |
| 8 | Any dwellings not taken up within a specified time are placed on the open market . |
| 9 | ‘ If I 'm dreaming I hope I do n't wake up for a long time , ’ he says . |
| 10 | I had no doubt they 'd turn up within a short time , so I went off duty . |