Example sentences of "[verb] been up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In practical terms they call for the government to help buy and protect the Mar Lodge Estate — 77 000 acre plot of land in the Cairngorms which has been up for sale since May . |
| 2 | Three are straightforward KH-11s , of which one has been up for more than six years ; three are advanced KH-11s . |
| 3 | So the Stenness Hotel has been up for a while then . |
| 4 | The building was not built in ninety one , whether there 's any relevance or not , where they 're trying to prove that the building has been up for some time , they 'd say , it 's not , that building was put up this year . |
| 5 | Road pricing has been up for discussion for some time as a possible way of alleviating the high levels of traffic congestion in many city centres . |
| 6 | I found her bustling about with a feather duster looking as if she 'd been up for hours . |
| 7 | cos I said you 'll be here to midnight David and then on the day we were going he stopped me and Jane , little Jane , she was coming down the stairs behind me , I 'd been up for a fax , and I do n't know where she 'd been , she was behind me and as she come down the stairs I was listening and he said got her hand ooh he said I am gon na miss you my dear , so she said yes I 'll miss Hodems as well , he said you have got a way with your words have n't you , he said for one strange minute I thought you were gon na say you 'll miss me too |
| 8 | Normally , she would have been up for several hours and written a couple of thousand words . |
| 9 | But if she came and found Tina up she could pretend to herself that Tina had been up for hours , and was a normal person and a proper mother . |
| 10 | He had been up for hours , out on the farm , before eating . |
| 11 | She had been up for five hours . |
| 12 | ( Lazing 's highly recommended if you 've been up for the 8.30am aerobics . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've been up for the past three hours , ’ he said , looking me up and down rather coldly . |
| 14 | I 've been up for a bath and we 've been looking at the room I shall occupy . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's not that early — I 've been up for ages , and I 'm leaving in a few minutes . |
| 16 | Yeah , you 're gon na have one in a minute I 've been up for ages ! |
| 17 | So we 've been up for some time cos the arms are wet where he 'd been sucking it ! |
| 18 | No , I 've been up for an hour ! |
| 19 | You 've been up for weeks now , have n't you ? |
| 20 | When you have been up for half an hour on a normal working day , how do you feel ? |
| 21 | Ignore how you feel when you first wake and take note instead of how you feel after you have been up for about ten minutes — many people find those first waking moments difficult to cope with . |
| 22 | Posh have been up for grabs since last year and chairman John Devaney , a property magnate and ex-Oxford director , will sell if the price is right . |
| 23 | Official signs for a cycle path connecting Baird Road , Ratho Station , to the minor road from Ratho to Newbridge have been up for some time . |
| 24 | The posters have been up for weeks … when the powerboat circus comes to town … the streets and squares close down … everyone makes for the river … every bridge … and every balcony becomes a grandstand … a ring side seat for the big race … |
| 25 | ‘ Och , that 's been up for days , ’ replied Tam scornfully . |
| 26 | Well it 's been gone , it 's been built for a year er er er er it 's been up for ages has n't it ? |
| 27 | Jackie said he 's been up for seven o'clock . |