Example sentences of "[be] [verb] up for [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's been building up for some time , I think . ’ |
| 2 | Overhead the clouds had been breaking up for some time . |
| 3 | Erm oh well maybe yours can be saved up for another time ? |
| 4 | After a century or so of political apathy , Hong Kong 's young people were making up for lost time . |
| 5 | The nun realised that now the child had no one to protect her , some of the other children were making up for lost time . |
| 6 | Its release had , however , been held up for some time on instructions from C. M. Woolf , a shrewd film salesman who had played a key role in financing the first projects of both Balcon and Wilcox . |