Example sentences of "[vb past] been up " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd been up since six trying to fix his motorbike . |
| 2 | He flipped back through the book looking at his entries , neat , and pages of notes about the pheasants and the weather and the times he 'd been up there . |
| 3 | And he spent a lot of evenings with Thacker , drinking and — well , they found out later what else he 'd been up to . |
| 4 | He 'd been up all night . |
| 5 | They 'd been up here before , on foot , months ago . |
| 6 | He arrived at the interview in shades , because he 'd been up all night speeding , and a leather jacket . |
| 7 | He had been let down several times , they had done all sorts of things without asking him , and sometimes he only found out what they 'd been up to when the papers rang for comment . |
| 8 | It looked as if she 'd been up in the loft for something , which I suppose was rather rash in her state of health . |
| 9 | I 'd been up practically the whole night , and all that driving with the sun dancing on the baked roads had n't helped . |
| 10 | I found her bustling about with a feather duster looking as if she 'd been up for hours . |
| 11 | Well he worked there and when I was we 'd left er Road , we 'd been up to up up to Terrace . |
| 12 | He 'd been up there , in the roof space when the men had been installing the dome . |
| 13 | ‘ Luci Hayter looked as if she 'd been up every night for a week . |
| 14 | and we 'd been up all night serving troops and er , you see , and then the Manager said , well look er now and have some breakfast before we get th another telegram and we were next door to the Telegram Office , you see , and when , when the erm war , during the war , you see , the man would come out of the Telegraph Office and he would say er and er , you see , all the lights went out except a few lights along the back of the counter . |
| 15 | If we 'd been up on Water Gypsy 's superstructure you 'd have been in the canal by now . ’ |
| 16 | The soles of her feet and the then they knew she 'd been up on her feet you know . |
| 17 | ‘ She 'd have been more than concerned if she 'd known what he 'd been up to over the previous few weeks ! ’ said Harris drily . |
| 18 | So that was what he 'd been up to in Berlin , Loretta thought . |
| 19 | Only two or three of the terminals were occupied , by guys who looked as if they 'd been up all night and who were already on to their second pack of cigarettes . |
| 20 | Well I remember feeling quite niffed because Matt was really off on Friday because he 'd been up so late |
| 21 | Every morning since she 'd been here , apart from today , she 'd been up bright and early to see Kirsty off to school . |
| 22 | They had been very busy , she 'd been up early , and she felt sleepy . |
| 23 | She had to decide before she saw her parents again if she should confess all that she 'd been up to . |
| 24 | so erm tt so anyway Saturday we gets to Durham , she 's says oh your Alex was just been on phone , she 'd , she 'd been up to school to do a hockey match |
| 25 | Although I did n't , he he , I did n't have time to ask him what the hell he 'd been up to . |
| 26 | So he did n't know what she 'd been up to . |
| 27 | Er , she 'd been up there sometimes . |
| 28 | And we went , because it , it 'd been at five o'clock you see , it 'd been up to the second , that was when it was up to the second step |
| 29 | I mean we 'd been up |
| 30 | I 'd been up |