Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [be] up to " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may be up to 5 m ( 15 ft or so ) thick and underlain by 50 m ( 150 ft or so ) of weathered material . |
| 2 | These nodules are fibrous in character and are very firmly applied to the mucosa ; they may be up to 2.0 cm in diameter . |
| 3 | because they must be up to their eyes in debt |
| 4 | ‘ Aw they 'll be up to somethin' , nae doot , ’ Isa 's needles clicked and the paddle-wheels of the Jeannie Deans churned on remorselessly through the grey waters of the Clyde , ‘ Chunk … chunk … chunk … ’ |
| 5 | Does n't look as though they 'll be up to anything tonight . |
| 6 | First of all , if the records are not up to date — and it is difficult to see how they could be up to date during high level activity — the source of the information is missing . |
| 7 | They can be up to 200ft ( 60m ) in diameter and are mostly constructed of stones , with a rim , and spokes radiating out from a central cairn . |
| 8 | By the time some pupils reach secondary school they can be up to a year behind classmates who have had the proper amount of teaching , Government insiders claim . |