Example sentences of "[be] [verb] up [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tonight was just the culmination of what 's been building up for a long time . ’ |
| 2 | I I simply , I simply want er er a direct message from from the programme which is going on Chairman incidentally I I note that Nottinghamshire County Council erm has found a a and the Labour group there has found it necessary to tackle just the same problems erm in elderly persons homes and that I understand that they have a a closure list of seven , now presumably that has been drawn up from a long list of a lot more than seven , say fourteen or fifteen from which they 've made their final choice . |
| 3 | You might say that this thing had been brewing up for a long time , that the threat was there ; they had n't seen it . |
| 4 | B : ‘ That would be wonderful but I think we will be saving up for a long time . |
| 5 | You might be locked up for a long time , or you might be given a fine , which is taken out of your weekly allowance . |