Example sentences of "'ve been up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Lazing 's highly recommended if you 've been up for the 8.30am aerobics . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been up for the past three hours , ’ he said , looking me up and down rather coldly . |
| 3 | I 've been up for a bath and we 've been looking at the room I shall occupy . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's not that early — I 've been up for ages , and I 'm leaving in a few minutes . |
| 5 | Yeah , you 're gon na have one in a minute I 've been up for ages ! |
| 6 | So we 've been up for some time cos the arms are wet where he 'd been sucking it ! |
| 7 | No , I 've been up for an hour ! |
| 8 | You 've been up for weeks now , have n't you ? |
| 9 | Wait until he knows what else you 've been up to ! ’ |
| 10 | I 've been up to my eyes in mannequins and haute couture . ’ |
| 11 | Then he admitted as he shovelled manure at a tree-planting ceremoney in his Huntingdon constituency : ‘ It occurs to me I 've been up to my neck in this stuff for the last month . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ D' you mind tellin' me what you 've been up to all day ? ’ demanded Dolly . |
| 13 | Right , that over , report on what you 've been up to and the condition of your ankle . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I 've been up to my ears , ’ he says . |
| 15 | ‘ And you 're lucky to get that , given what you 've been up to , ’ Sylvie said coldly . |
| 16 | I know what you 've been up to . |
| 17 | Well the , the er the Guilds I can speak now because I 've been up to a higher level , I 've been on the section and Birmingham is a very big area . |
| 18 | You 've been up to something . |
| 19 | What that basically means , wherever that happens anywhere else in the country , you go to South Wales , you go to West Lothian , places like that I 've been up to West Lothian , all services are reduced when your main industry 's removed from an area . |
| 20 | I 'd like to hear what you 've been up to . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Jesus Christ almighty , Zen , what the hell do you think you 've been up to ? ’ |
| 22 | Your not waiting till you 've been up to London . |
| 23 | Oh you 've been up to Joe 's have you mum ? |
| 24 | I 've been up to church . |
| 25 | See she , she came around cos erm I 've been up to her , her friends place to and give him a bit of a telling off like and that and erm she came to John 's house and I said , why are calling ? |
| 26 | What you 've been up to too ? |
| 27 | I do n't know , if you 're like me but , I must confess , I I get er , I would n't say pleasure , but I rather like those incidents where he tells the disciples off , not because he 's telling them off , but because I can fit in wi with what they 've been up to ! |
| 28 | I 've been up since the crack of dawn . ’ |
| 29 | I 've been up since six . ’ |
| 30 | I 've been up since half past seven . |