Example sentences of "[verb] been up [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | But the little tousle-headed , dirty , tanned , bold toddler that was me might well have been up to some sort of mischief involving the beast . |
| 3 | Normally , she would have been up for several hours and written a couple of thousand words . |
| 4 | Carrie suddenly said , ‘ Your mum and I were worried about you , Seb , but all my dad could keep saying was , ‘ It 's a good job I managed to reach you when I did , or you 'd have been up at that farmhouse for another week . ’ ’ |
| 5 | In the evenings , after Granpa had come home for supper and the old man had gone off to the pub , I soon became bored just sitting around listening to what my sisters had been up to all day ; so I joined the Whitechapel Boys ' Club . |
| 6 | So we 've been up for some time cos the arms are wet where he 'd been sucking it ! |
| 7 | ‘ D' you mind tellin' me what you 've been up to all day ? ’ demanded Dolly . |
| 8 | I 've been up since half past seven . |
| 9 | When you have been up for half an hour on a normal working day , how do you feel ? |
| 10 | 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 . |